Judge in Fla. Grants Abramoff, Kidan Delay

June 20, 2006, 2:45 PM EDT

MIAMI -- A federal judge Tuesday granted disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and ex-partner Adam Kidan three more months of freedom before they must begin their prison terms for fraud convictions.

The delay will give the two more time to cooperate with investigations into official corruption in Washington and the 2001 murder in Fort Lauderdale of businessman Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis, who was killed a few months after selling SunCruz Casinos to the pair.

U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck agreed to a motion from prosecutors and defense attorneys to delay the start of their prison terms to Oct. 2. Both men had been ordered to report to prison by next Thursday.

Abramoff and Kidan were sentenced earlier this year to just under six years after they admitted concocting a fake $23 million wire transfer to make it appear that they were contributing their own money toward the $147.5 million SunCruz purchase.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-lobbyist-fraud,0,7841882.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

Keep singing that song boys. Must be a good one for the judge for let them have more time.

"a motion prom prosecutors and..." means just one thing.