Public Has Interest DeLay's Ties to Abramoff

The Department of Justice cannot categorically refuse to turn over documents related to the FBI's investigation of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's relationship with former lobbyist Jack Abramoff's.
The FBI opened a corruption investigation into Abramoff activities in 2004.
Abramoff pleaded guilty to conspiring to cheat his clients, Native American tribes, of an estimated $85 million in fees, and bribing members of Congress. He was sentenced to four years in prison.
Two former DeLay staff members, Michael Scanlon and Tony Rudy, were indicted along with 19 others in the Abramoff scandal.
The FBI never acknowledged whether DeLay himself was a subject of inquiry during the investigation.
DeLay announced in 2010 that the Justice Department had informed him he would not be criminally charged with any involvement with Abramoff's activities.

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Shortly after DeLay's announcement, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a Freedom of Information Act seeking documents related to the FBI's investigation of DeLay.
The Federal Court denied the request, finding the documents exempt because DeLay and other third parties have "substantial privacy interests" in keeping the documents private.
But the D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department cannot justify withholding the documents in their entirety.

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