http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/three-days-after-guilty-plea-griles-ties-the-knot-2007-04-19.htmlTwo Bush administration officials who have been linked in scandal are now linked in wedlock.
The union of former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles and Sue Ellen Wooldridge could have implications for the investigation into Griles’s ties to ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
They were married March 26, three days after Griles pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about his relationship with Abramoff and a previous romantic partner. Wooldridge was the top environmental prosecutor at the Department of Justice (DoJ) before she resigned in January.
Legal experts note that people can refuse to testify against their spouses, and that in some cases, people can prevent their spouse from testifying against them.
“There have been plenty of cases where marriage was a good strategy for a criminal defendant,” said Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor. But he added, “It’s plausible they simply picked an odd time to wed.”
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