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	<title>Main Justice &#187; Jack Abramoff</title>
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		<title>Another Guilty Plea in Abramoff Probe</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/04/08/another-guilty-plea-in-abramoff-probe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Palazzolo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A well-known Republican commentator and one-time aide to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count in connection with the Jack Abramoff probe after a federal judge questioned the strength of the Justice Department's case.]]></description>
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		<title>Katten Picks Up Former Prosecutor</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/01/21/katten-picks-up-former-prosecutor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/01/21/katten-picks-up-former-prosecutor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Palazzolo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joshua Berman, a former federal prosecutor and candidate for U.S. Attorney in Detroit, has joined the Washington office of Katten Muchin Rosenman as a partner in the litigation and dispute practice, the firm announced.]]></description>
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		<title>Senator&#8217;s Aide Cleared</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/11/20/doj-drops-koonce-investigation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/11/20/doj-drops-koonce-investigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Palazzolo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former aide to Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) was cleared of wrongdoing in the influence-peddling probe focused on Jack Abramoff and his associates. ]]></description>
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		<title>Coughlin Sentencing Memo Gives Probe Details</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/11/19/coughlin-sentencing-memo-gives-probe-details/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/11/19/coughlin-sentencing-memo-gives-probe-details/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Palazzolo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Ayres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Abramoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Ashcroft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Ring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[politicized hiring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department's Inspector General investigated two DOJ officials in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, but they were never charged, according to court papers filed Wednesday night.]]></description>
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		<title>Case Against Ex-Lobbyist Had No &#8216;Clincher,&#8217; Juror Says</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/11/05/case-against-ex-lobbyist-had-no-clincher-juror-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/11/05/case-against-ex-lobbyist-had-no-clincher-juror-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Palazzolo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Segal Huvelle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Abramoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Doolittle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Ring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Integrity Section]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of Kevin Ring's former associates pleaded guilty in Abramoff-related cases. But Ring choose to stand trial. After nearly eight days of deliberation, the jury hung on all counts. We caught up with two of the jurors to find out why.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Bush Administration Colleagues Give To Griffin</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/10/19/former-bush-administration-colleagues-give-to-griffin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/10/19/former-bush-administration-colleagues-give-to-griffin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Woodrow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asa Hutchinson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Kustoff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keith Crass]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Rayder]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ray C. Dillion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travis Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Asa Hutchinson III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William C. Nolan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Griffin, a central player in the 2006 U.S. Attorney firings scandal, is now running for Congress from Arkansas.]]></description>
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		<title>New Trial Date Set in Kevin Ring Case</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/10/19/new-trial-date-set-in-kevin-ring-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/10/19/new-trial-date-set-in-kevin-ring-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Palazzolo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fraud Section]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest services fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Abramoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Ring]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Public Integrity Section]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Judge Ellen Huvelle wants to wait for the scheduled Dec. 8 Supreme Court arguments on the constitutionality of the federal "honest services" fraud statute, which the government used to charge the ex-lobbyist. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why Prosecutors Stumbled in Ring Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/10/16/why-prosecutors-stumbled-in-ring-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/10/16/why-prosecutors-stumbled-in-ring-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jacoby</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[honest services fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Abramoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Ring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Zeidenberg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was hard to convince the jury that Kevin Ring broke the law by feting public officials.  "What do you think lobbyists do?" a former Justice Department prosecutor told TPM.]]></description>
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		<title>David Safavian Sentenced To Year In Prison</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/10/16/safavian-sentenced-to-year-in-prison/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/10/16/safavian-sentenced-to-year-in-prison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Palazzolo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Criminal Divison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Safavian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fraud Section]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Abramoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Ring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former Bush administration official was one of only two defendants in the Jack Abramoff lobbying probe who opted for trial. A mistrial was declared yesterday in the other Abramoff-related case.]]></description>
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		<title>Mistrial in Ring Case</title>
		<link>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/10/15/jury-in-ring-trial-now-deadlocked-on-all-counts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/10/15/jury-in-ring-trial-now-deadlocked-on-all-counts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Palazzolo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED 4:40 p.m.: After three weeks of trial and nearly eight days of deliberation, the judge and jury gave up trying to reach a verdict in the Jack Abramoff-related public corruption case.]]></description>
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