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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-25-07 04:10 PM
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More on Repub Congressman, Tom Feeney
Don't forget---he's the nasty S.O.B that threatened to withhold State Delegates if Al Gore won the recount.

This right here is why he's probably going to jail:

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Tom Feeney of Oviedo reported the cost of a 2003 trip to Scotland with lobbyist Jack Abramoff at $5,643, but court documents released this week show that the expenses for the eight people on the trip totaled $160,000.

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The $160,000 price tag emerged in court documents this week after former congressional staffer Mark Zachares pleaded guilty to conspiring to trade insider information to Abramoff for cash and gifts.

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In Zachares' court documents, federal authorities state that he underestimated the cost of the trip and "falsely reported" its details.

A plea agreement signed by Zachares indicates that he lied on disclosure forms by saying the National Center for Public Policy Research sponsored the "fact-finding" trip for $5,643 -- "a figure coordinated with Abramoff to be substantially identical as the figures of other attendees, including Representative #3," or Feeney.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/orl-bk-feeney042507,0,7197607.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

In a nutshell--- He did exactly what Zachares did when he reported the cost as $5,643, and that's one of the main reasons Zachares is heading to jail.
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