Reply #3: After Jack ... Riley has some, well, Abramoff issues [View All]

After Jack
February 27, 2006
National Journal Group - HOTLINE ON ALL
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/02/different_rules.html


Such a story may have meant nothing B.J. (Before Jack), but in a post-Abramoff era we were struck by this item ....
....Gov. Bob Riley (R) ... the former 3-term House member is being feted by his old House pals Hastert, Boehner and Blunt. Also check out who from K St. is putting the event on .... Riley has some, well, Abramoff issues.

Abramoff partner-in-crime Michael Scanlon was Riley's congressional press secretary in the 90s. Later, Scanlon's outfit, Capitol Campaign Strategies, gave $500K to the RGA in October of '02, which in turn transferred nearly $2.5M to a soft-money arm of the RNC designed to aid state elections. That same month Riley received $600K from the cmte and the AL GOP took another $600K.

It was during this same time period, of course, that Scanlon and Abramoff were raking in cash from tribes.