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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:39 PM
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Delay: 'The Rudy and Abramoff I'm reading about...aren't people I knew"
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Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay said he's "disappointed" in three ex-associates who pleaded guilty in a federal probe of political corruption, but he said their admissions "doesn't mean I knew" of their efforts to bribe congress.

The Texas Republican, who is resigning his House seat Friday, told USA Today that he was surprised by revelations that Tony Rudy, a former top aide, and Jack Abramoff, a former lobbyist and longtime political supporter, tried to buy influence with lawmakers.

"The Tony Rudy and Jack Abramoff I'm reading about in the papers are not the people I knew," Delay said Tuesday. His former press secretary, Michael Scanlon, also pleaded guilty...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-06-06-delay-interview_x.htm
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