Plea deal: 5 to 7 years. Selling out your former associates: PRICELESS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 - Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist under indictment for fraud in South Florida, is expected to complete a plea agreement in the Miami criminal case, setting the stage for him to become a crucial witness in a broad federal corruption investigation, people with direct knowledge of the case said.

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Some of the details are still "in flux," said a participant who, like others interviewed, was granted anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks. "Anything can happen," the participant said, adding that the agreement could fall apart. Another person with detailed knowledge of the case said that while negotiations were continuing, the deal could take longer than another week to be settled.



Mr. Abramoff was indicted in Florida on Aug. 11 on charges stemming from his purchase of a fleet of casino boats in 2000. Prosecutors said Mr. Abramoff and a business partner, Adam Kidan, falsified documents and lied about their financing in order to complete the purchase. Mr. Kidan pleaded guilty last week, leaving Mr. Abramoff to face six criminal counts and up to 30 years in prison as case's sole defendant.

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the repukes will surely have a price on his head.

He won't go anyplace without being throughly protected.

Turns criminals into rats to save their own sorry skins.

Et tu, Jack?

A kidney stone in that picture?

I know it is uncharitable of me to say this, especially at this time of the year, but:

I hope so. I also hope there are several dozen, just like it or bigger, lined up behind it.

that this becomes a done deal soon.

and he stays alive to testify.

Chuck Todd said on C-Span today that many Dems are pretty nervous too!

If they are as corrupt as the Republicans, good riddance.
But -- by and large -- I doubt it.

is really that "THEY" (I no longer need to define THEM) will say that the Dems are just as bad!

Personally, I'm a bit pissed at the slow-mo of MOST of the Dems, but given just how effective THEY in the WH have been, it could give THEM fodder to strike back with.

So many of the Dems have caved for so long AND perhaps it may come to light that it's because of the duplicity with the Repukes!! Anyone with a working brain SHOULD be able to see through the likes of Lieberman and many of his kind. But then again, anyone with a working brain should have been able to add two and two together and see a particular REALITY that has taken America AWAY from it's working class!

I mean Geez, what a FANTASTIC Budget THEY just shoved down our gullets!

with the casino boat deal. This plea has nothing to with the bribery of the Congress or the Senate.