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http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0809/ExArmey_aide_indicted_in_Abramoff_probe.htmlEx-Armey aide indicted in Abramoff probe
Horace Cooper, 44, a former aide to Rep. Dick Armey (R-Texas), was indicted Friday on five felony counts in the investigation stemming from D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The indictment alleges that Cooper took from Abramoff and his associates more than $5,000 in tickets to sporting events and concerts between 1998 and 2001 while working for Armey. Between 2001 and 2005, while working as chief of staff at the Voice of America and in a later job at the Labor Department, Cooper took another $9,000 in tickets from Abramoff's team, the indictment claims.
Cooper was also regularly "comped" at Abramoff's restaurant, Signatures, the Justice Department claims. When getting a free meal, sometimes Cooper would pay for a soft drink on a credit card making "it appear that he had paid for his Signatures meals and drinks when actually he did not," the indictment says.
Prosecutors contend that in exchange for the largesse, Cooper used his influence to help Abramoff get federal funds from the Department of State and to help an Abramoff colleague trying to resolve a wage-and-hour investigation at Labor. In one e-mail, Cooper allegedly offered to "fix" problems related to the inquiry. Cooper "concealed" the gifts from Abramoff on personal financial disclosures filed with the government, the indictment says.
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http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/08/21/Former Dick Armey Aide Indicted in Abramoff Probe
A long-time aide to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey was indicted today for taking thousands of dollars worth of gifts from jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
According to the indictment filed today at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Horace Cooper received more than $14,000 dollars worth of gifts, including high priced sports and concert tickets, in return for assisting Abramoff’s firm on various matters.
Cooper is now known as an author and conservative commentator who has spent time as a visiting law professor at George Mason University. He worked under Armey from 1994 until 2001, becoming a senior aide and counsel. In 2001, he became chief of staff at Voice of America, where, according to indictment, he helped on of Abramoff’s clients win a project worth $10-to-$15 million.
He later became chief of staff at the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor. There, the indictment alleges that he looked into ways an attorney who was investigating another Abramoff client could be removed from the case.
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