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Susan Bonzon Ralston (born October 15 1967) is the President of SBR Enterprises LLC a government affairs public relations and business consulting firm in Ralph Eugene Reed Jr, (born June 24, 1961) is a conservative American political activist best known as the first executive director of Rev Louis P "Lou" Sheldon (born 1934 in Washington DC Robert Warren "Bob" Schaffer (born July 24, 1962) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the Jack Abramoff 's career brought him into contact with numerous organizations including lobbying firms restaurants Think tanks and charitable organizations Several Native American tribes were defrauded by Lobbyist Jack Abramoff in his namesake Indian lobbying scandal. The following is a list of trips for politicians lobbyists and staffers funded by Jack Abramoff. 1980s 1981 - Elected Chairman of the College Republican National Committee in a campaign managed by Grover Norquist, the executive director of the Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Lobbying includes all attempts to influence Legislators and officials whether by other legislators constituents or organized groups Jack Abramoff (born February 28 1959 is a former Lobbyist, and a businessman who was a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. After serving as a staffer in the office of U. S. Representative Tom DeLay (R-TX) from approximately 1995 to 2001, and rising to deputy chief of staff, Rudy joined "Team Abramoff" at Greenberg Traurig. Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8 1947 is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. "Team Abramoff" is the team of lobbyists assembled by Jack Abramoff when he worked at Greenberg Traurig, primarily of former aides to prominent Congressional Rudy was implicated in the Jack Abramoff guilty plea as unindicted co-conspirator "Staffer A". The Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal is a United States political scandal relating to the work performed by political lobbyists Jack Abramoff, In 2006, Rudy pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with investigators. Tom DeLay ("Representative #2") and Bob Ney ("Representative #1") are identified in the plea. Robert William "Freedom Bob" Ney (born July 5 1954) is an American politician from the U [1] [2] [3] [4]
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| March 31, 2006 |
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Background
Tony C. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Rudy attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in the late 1980s, a conservative student leader with fellow student Brian Darling, who also later became a prominent Congressional aide embroiled in controversy. The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in Brian Darling (born in Andover Massachusetts, 1965 is the director of United States Senate relations for the Heritage Foundation. Rudy worked on Capitol Hill for eight years, first for California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who had a reputation as one of the most libertarian Republicans in Congress, before leaving to attend law school. Capitol Hill, aside from being a Metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential Neighborhood in Washington D Rudy then went on to work for more than five years in DeLay's office.
While working for Rohrabacher, Rudy met his future wife, Lisa, who was also employed as a staffer in Rohrabacher's office. The couple would marry in August 1995. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
During his time working for DeLay, who was known as a conservative Republican, in contrast to the often libertarian-leaning Rohrabacher, Rudy served as press secretary, policy director, and finally deputy chief of staff, while DeLay progressed within the Republican Congressional leadership from congressman to Majority Whip to Majority Leader. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the DeLay lauded Rudy in a Congressional floor speech on December 15, 2000, just before Rudy left to work with Abramoff at Greenberg Traurig, a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international Law firm with approximately 1800 Attorneys and governmental professionals in 30 locations in the United States Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Lobbying includes all attempts to influence Legislators and officials whether by other legislators constituents or organized groups [5]
Rudy originally came to Washington, D. C. to work for conservative and libertarian groups. He quickly immersed himself in Republican party politics, before leaving Capitol Hill to attend law school at George Mason University, in nearby Arlington, Virginia, between 1992 and 1995. George Mason University (also referred to as GMU or Mason) is a large Public university in the United States. At GMU, he served as head of the Federalist Society. The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, is an organization of Conservatives and Libertarians He would later win the 2nd Year Student Moot Court Championship, which was a type of law school debate competition between various two-member teams. After graduating from law school and passing the bar, Rudy was hired by DeLay, after being recommended by Rohrabacher. A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction
Influence Peddling
Rudy's March 2006 guilty plea on a charge of conspiracy covered payments from Abramoff clients and associates to Liberty Consulting, a political firm founded by Rudy's wife, Lisa. In October 2005, the Washington Post reported that Rudy, while on DeLay's staff, helped scuttle a bill opposed by eLottery Inc., an Abramoff client, and that Abramoff had eLottery pay Toward Tradition to hire Liberty Consulting," Susan Schmidt and James Grimaldi, reported in the November 26, 2005, Washington Post. The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act (IGPA was a 1999 bill in the US Senate to ban Internet gambling Toward Tradition is a politically conservative non-profit organization founded by Rabbi Daniel Lapin based in Mercer Island Washington, United States [1]
Insider Trading
While a DeLay staffer, Rudy traded hundreds of thousands of shares of stocks from his work computer in 1999 and 2000. From House disclosure forms it is impossible to determine whether Rudy profited or if he used insider knowledge. It is not illegal for Congressional staffers to trade upon insider legislative knowledge, although Louise Slaughter has introduced a bill banning the practice. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (born August 14, 1929) is an American Democratic Party Politician, currently representing New [6]
DeLay Loyalist
"[F]ormer Deputy Chief of Staff Tony Rudy, quoted while in his former employ with the Alexander Strategy Group, told National Journal, "There is a lot of discussion about how we can help Republican candidates and expand the majority". Alexander Strategy Group was an American lobbying firm involved in the K Street Project, founded by Ed Buckham and his wife Wendy National Journal is a weekly magazine that reports on the current political environment and emerging political and policy trends As for DeLay, Rudy added, 'As long as he wants me, I'll be there for him. ' . . . " [7]
No list of top Washington lobbyists "is complete without Rudy, lobbyist extraordinaire. " [8]
2000 Florida Recount
"Four of Abramoff's colleagues — all of whom have left Greenberg [Traurig] in the wake of investigations surrounding Abramoff’s activities — were foot soldiers in the Florida recount. The Florida election recount of 2000 was a period of vote re-counting that occurred following the unclear results of the 2000 United States presidential election between Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international Law firm with approximately 1800 Attorneys and governmental professionals in 30 locations in the United States The Florida election recount of 2000 was a period of vote re-counting that occurred following the unclear results of the 2000 United States presidential election between Two of them bragged of their recount work on their official online Greenberg biographies, which have since been removed," John Byrne reported in the May 5, 2005, edition of Raw Story. The Raw Story is a news and politics Weblog founded in 2004 Updated continuously it is known primarily for its investigative reporting though critics accuse it [9]
"Shawn Vasell noted that he was a 'team leader' in Broward and Duval counties in his bio; Duane Gibson was photographed in the acclaimed Brooks Brothers riot of Republican operatives outside the Miami-Dade County polling headquarters; Todd Boulanger boasted of being on the Broward and Duval recount team in his profile. Shawn M Vasell is a former congressional staffer and lobbyist who served as a senior aide to Senator Conrad Burns, and as aides to then-congressman Porter Goss and The Brooks Brothers riot was a demonstration by Republican congressional staffers at a meeting of election canvassers in Miami, Florida on Miami-Dade County (often referred to as simply Miami or Dade) is a County located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida Rudy was also on the ground.
"Boulanger drafted a letter DeLay signed urging the Interior Department to favor Abramoff's client in June 2003 — a letter cosigned by the House Republican leadership, including Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO)," Byrne wrote. The United States Department of the Interior ( DOI) is a Cabinet department of the United States government that manages and conserves most federally June 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - Roy D Blunt (born January 10, 1950) is a Republican Politician from Missouri, representing ( map Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
Suspension of Virginia Law License
On August 4, 2006, the Virginia State Bar issued the following notice:
- Tony Charles Rudy, --
- VSB Docket No. 07-000-0275
- Effective July 31, 2006, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board summarily suspended Tony Charles Rudy’s license to practice law in Virginia. The suspension arises from Mr. Rudy’s guilty plea to conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. The board ordered Mr. Rudy to appear before it on August 25, 2006, to determine whether revocation or further suspension of his license to practice law is appropriate. [10]
On November 17, 2006, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoked Rudy's license to practice law. [11]
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b Susan Schmidt and James Grimaldi, "Lawmakers Under Scrutiny in Probe of Lobbyist: Ney and DeLay Among the Members of Congress Said to Be a Focus of Abramoff Investigation". Washington Post, November 26, 2005.
- ^ "Star Rainmakers: The Hill's list of top lobbyists," The Hill, March 26, 2003.
- ^ Ex-DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty, Washington Post, March 31, 2006
- ^ Tony Rudy charging document
- ^ http://www.saipantribune.com/archives/newsstoryarch.aspx?newsID=11005&cat=3&archdte=12/20/2000%2012:00:00%20AM
- ^ Brody Mullins, Bill Looks To Ban Insider Trading For Lawmakers and Their Aides, Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2006
- ^ John J. Judis, "Meet Team DeLay. Tammany Fall," The New Republic (Theocracy Watch), June 20, 2005.
- ^ Home - DC Navigators
- ^ John Byrne, "Bush Florida 2000 recount committee still owes lobbyist's former firm $314k. White House directs queries to RNC," The Raw Story, May 5, 2005
- ^ VSB Disciplinary July 2006 - Dec 2006
- ^ http://www.vsb.org/docs/Rudy_Final_Op_12-05-06.pdf
External links
- Copy of Plea Agreement, March 31, 2006
- Complete list of Tony Rudy's campaign contributions, at newsmeat. com
- "Political Contributions by DeLay Alumni During the 2003–2004 Election Cycle," Tech Politics (CQ Weekly, Federal Election Commission downloaded March 2005. The Federal Election Commission (or FEC) is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the )
- "A Force Behind the Power: Political Operator Tony Rudy Helped DeLay's Ascent," The Washington Post, April 1, 2006.
- "Four congressmembers role in Abramoff lobbying scandal probed," The Raw Story, November 25, 2005.
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