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Lobbyist Abramoff gets 4 more years in U.S. prison

                   
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Donna Smith, Reuters Published:Â Thursday, September 04, 2008 WASHINGTON - Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced Thursday to serve four more years in prison in a corruption scandal that rocked Washington's power elite and helped Republicans lose control of Congress. Abramoff is already serving a nearly six-year term on unrelated charges and the new sentence will be served at the same time, meaning he... [read full story]                    

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05-Sep-2008
        

By MATT APUZZO By Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press WASHINGTON Jack Abramoff, the once-powerful lobbyist at the heart of a far- reaching political corruption scandal, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday by a...

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05-Sep-2008
        

A federal judge in Washington Thursday imposed an extra four years on shamed lobbyist Jack Abramoff and ordered him to pay $15 million in restitution. Ellen Segal Huvelle, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for...

                   

U.S. lobbyist is sentenced to 4 years in prison

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05-Sep-2008
        

Jack Abramoff, the onetime flamboyant lobbyist who amassed a fortune by showering gifts on congressional and executive branch officials while bilking Indian tribes of millions of dollars, was sentenced Thursday to four...

                   

Ex-lobbyist Abramoff sentenced to four years by US judge

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04-Sep-2008
        

Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, whose corruption scandal shook up Washington's power elite and contributed to the Republican loss of control in Congress, was sentenced on Thursday to four years in federal prison....

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04-Sep-2008
        

Shamed lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to four more years in prison and ordered to pay $15 million in restitution, a U.S. federal judge ruled Thursday.Ellen Segal Huvelle, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court...

                   

Lobbyist Abramoff gets new four-year prison term

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04-Sep-2008
        

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to four years in federal prison Thursday for his corrupt lobbying activities, which led to the downfalls of a congressman and several other Washington...

                   

Lobbyist gets four years jail

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04-Sep-2008
        

From correspondents in Washington DISGRACED former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, whose corruption scandal shook up Washington's power elite and contributed to the Republican loss of control in Congress, was sentenced today to...

                   

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04-Sep-2008
        

A US judge sentenced a disgraced US lobbyist to four years in prison on Thursday. The judge could have sentenced Jack Abramoff to 11 years, but gave him credit for helping the FBI investigate an influence-peddling scandal....