|
State
|
Investigation
Target
|
Disposition
|
| Alabama |
Sen.
Richard Shelby
Gov. Robert
Riley
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff. Received contributions
from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
|
| Alaska |
Senate
President Ben Stevens (son of US Senate Pro Tem President
Ted Stevens)
Sen. Ted
Stevens
|
Probed
for accepting consulting fees from oil services firm
Veco. Subject to a recall petition.
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| Arkansas |
Arkansas
Republican Party |
Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff |
| Arizona |
Rep.
J. D. Hayworth
Rep. Rick
Renzi
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| California |
Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham
Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher
Rep. Doug
Ose
Rep. Richard
Pombo
Rep. John
Doolittle
Rep. Ed
Royce
|
Ethics
probe for accepting salary from two men’s fitness magazines
while governor, possible kickback from American Media
publisher to Schwarzenegger charity and silence money
to a woman who had an extramarital affair with Schwarzenegger.
This probe may go criminal.
Probed
for bribery regarding financial ties with and favors
for defense firm MZM. Pleaded
guilty to tax evasion, conspiracy, Nov. 28, 2005.
Tied to
Abramoff scandal on loan papers. Recipient of contributions
from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff, including Indian casino
money
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| Colorado |
Colorado
Republican Party |
Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff |
| Connecticut |
Gov.
John Rowland
Rep. Rob
Simmons
|
Convicted,
imprisoned 2004
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| Delaware |
Attorney
General Jane Brady |
Accused
of helping MBNA Bank of Wilmington skirt campaign finance
laws. |
| DC |
Jack
Abramoff, GOP lobbyist
Adam Kidan,
DC Dial-a-Mattress franchise owner in DC and Abramoff
associate since College Republican days when Abramoff
was chairman
Michael
Scanlon, former chief of staff to Tom DeLay
Steve
Rosen, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Keith Weismann,
AIPAC
Larry Franklin,
Colonel, USAF Reserves, Dept. of Defense
Lewis "Scooter"
Libby, Vice President’s Chief of Staff
White House
Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove
David H.
Safavian, Head of Procurement Policy, Office of Management
and Budget, former Chief of Staff, General Service
Administration
Ex-Corporation
for Public Broadcasting Chairman and current Broadcasting
Board of Governors member Kenneth Tomlinson
Patricia
Harrison, President Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Vice President
Dick Cheney
President
George W. Bush
J. Steven
Griles, former Interior Deputy Secretary
|
Indicted,
wire fraud, conspiracy
Indicted,
wire fraud, conspiracy. To plead guilty in return
for his testimony against Abramoff
Being probed
for involvement in Indian casino scandal with Abramoff,
Kidan, and DeLay. Indicted Nov. 18, 2005
for conspiracy to defraud Indian tribes. Pleaded guilty
Nov. 21.
Indicted
for criminal conspiracy involving classified national
security information
Indicted
for criminal
conspiracy involving classified national security
information
Indicted
for criminal conspiracy involving classified national
security information
Probed
for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information.
Indicted on 5 counts: Obstruction
of justice, making false statements and perjury
Probed
for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information.
New Grand Jury investigating Rove
Arrested
by FBI for making false statements about helping Jack
Abramoff acquire two Federal properties in DC and
Maryland.
Under investigation
for violating the Public Broadcasting Act
Probed
for violating Public Broadcasting Act
Investigated
for criminal conspiracy in divulging the identity
of covert CIA agent
Probed
in Abramoff scandal for accepting bags of illegal
campaign cash from Seminole casino interests in Florida
Probed
for links to Abramoff
|
| Florida |
Rep.
Katherine Harris, US Senate candidate
Rep. Tom
Feeney
Rep. Ric
Keller
|
Probed
for campaign donations from MZM, Inc. (related to Duke
Cunningham probe)
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff. Probed for corporate
ties to Yang Enterprises, involved in over billing
state of Florida. Feeney was Jeb Bush’s 1994 running
mate for Lt. Gov.
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.
|
| Georgia |
Ralph
Reed, candidate for Lt. Gov.
Sen. John
Isakson
Sen. Saxby
Chambliss
Rep. Phil
Gingrey
Rep. Jack
Kingston
|
Probed
for involvement in Abramoff, Kidan, DeLay Indian casino
money laundering.
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| Guam |
Gov.
Felix Camacho |
Probed
for ties to Abramoff and demoting Acting US Attorney
for Guam Frederick Black |
| Hawaii |
New
Hawaii PAC and House GOP PAC
Dalton
Tanonaka, former Lt. gubernatorial and congressional
candidate
State Rep.
and House Minority Leader Galen Fox
|
Campaign
violations filed against a number of GOP candidates
for the state legislature and US House for skirting
spending limits.
Under FEC
investigation for disguising and failing to report
campaign loans. Also investigated for possible illegal
foreign funding from Hong Kong and Japan.
Convicted
on federal charges
of fondling a woman on a Honolulu to Los Angeles commercial
flight
|
| Idaho |
Rep.
Michael Simpson
Rep. Butch
Otter
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| Illinois |
House
Speaker Dennis Hastert
Rep. Jerry
Weller
Republican
National Treasurer Bob Kjellander
Former
House Leader State Rep. Lee Daniels (Elmhurst)
|
Probed
for accepting money from Turkey.
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff (Weller is married
to the daughter of Guatemalan dictator and mass murderer
[300,0000 Guatemalans] Efrain Rios Montt).
Under Federal
probe for steering investment contracts to Illinois
Teachers Retirement Fund.
Under Federal
investigation for misuse of state employees for political
activity and state contract kickbacks
|
| Indiana |
Rep.
Dan Burton
Gov. Mitch
Daniels
Thomas
Sharp, INDOT Commissioner
Jim Kittle,
GOP state chairman
Rep. Chris
Chocola
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Under investigation
for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT
(Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)
Under investigation
for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT
(Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)
Under investigation
for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT
(Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)
Received DeLay ARMPAC money. FEC investigating
|
| Iowa |
Sen.
Charles Grassley |
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff |
| Kansas |
Rep.
Jim Ryun
Sen. Sam
Brownback
Adam Taff
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
2004 congressional
candidate (KS-3), indicted for campaign violations
amnd wire fraud.
|
| Kentucky |
Gov.
Ernie Fletcher
Transportation
Commissioner Dan Druen
Deputy
Personnel Secretary Bob Wilson
Darrell
Brock, Chairman of Kentucky GOP
Gov. Personnel
Adviser Basil Turbyfill
Transportation
Secretary ill Nighbert
Dick Murgatroyd,
Gov. Deputy Chief of Staff
Jim Adams,
Deputy Transportation Secretary
Cory Meadows,
Executive Director, Transportation Dept.
Environmental
Protection Commissioner Lloyd Cress
Sen. Jim
Bunning
Lt. Gov.
Stephen Pence
Dave Disponett
|
Criminal
probe in a state employees’ merit system scandal. Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff.
Merit system
scandal, witness tampering. Indicted.
Merit system
scandal. Indicted
Merit system
scandal. Indicted.
Merit system
scandal. Indicted
Merit system
scandal. Indicted
Merit system
scandal. Indicted
Merit system
scandal. Indicted.
Merit system
scandal. Indicted.
Probed
in merit system scandal
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Indicted
for violation of Kentucky civil service law
|
| Louisiana |
Sen.
David Vitter |
Linked
to Abramoff in a case involving a Louisiana Indian tribe. |
| Maine |
Maine
Republican Party |
Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff |
| Maryland |
Joseph
Steffen, aide to Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Gov. Bob
Ehrlich
|
Resigned
for starting a rumor campaign against Baltimore Mayor
Martin O’Malley.
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| Massachusetts |
Gov.
Mitt Romney’s Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Lawrence
Novak, Vice Chair, state GOP
|
Under
ethics cloud for awarding a $10,000 contract to conservative
Boston Herald columnist to write columns supportive
of Romney’s policies.
Arrested
by FBI for drug money laundering
|
| Michigan |
Rep.
Dave Camp
Attorney
General Mike Cox
Rep. Candice
Miller
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Failed
to pursue felony pollution charges against Graceland
Fruit after a major Department of Environmental Quality
investigation.
Investigated
by House Erthics Committee for accepting campaign
contributions in return for her yes vote on the 2004
Medicare bill.
|
| Minnesota |
Rep.
Gil Gutknecht |
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff |
| Missouri |
Sen.
Christopher Bond
Sen. Jim
Talent
Gov. Matt
Blunt, son of Roy Blunt
Rep. Roy
Blunt, House Majority Leader
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Investigated
for trading illegal PAC money with DeLay through Blunt's
Rely on Your Beliefs Fund. Received Indian casino
money from tribes represented by Abramoff.
|
| Mississippi |
Rep.
Charles Pickering
Rep. Roger
Wicker
Sen. Thad
Cochran
Sen. Trent
Lott
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Received
funds from casino Indian tribes represented by Abramoff
|
| Montana |
Sen.
Conrad Burns
Rep. Dennis
Rehberg
|
Probed
for links to Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| Nebraska |
Former
Rep. Jon Christensen
Rep. Jeff
Fortenberry
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Received
tainted money from DeLay. Refused to return it.
|
| Nevada |
Sen.
John Ensign
Rep. Jon
Porter
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Received
$25,000 from DeLay's ARMPAC
|
| New
Hampshire |
Sen.
John Sununu
Rep. Jeb
Bradley
House Speaker
Gene Chandler
James Tobin,
Northeast political director National Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee
Chuck McGee,
former Exec. Dir. New Hampshire Republican Party
Allen Raymond,
GOP Marketplace President
|
Probed
for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC
Probed
for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC
Campaign
contributions violations
Indicted,
conspiracy, GOTV phone line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign.
Convicted Dec. 15, on 2 telephone harassment charges.
Pleaded
guilty, conspiracy, GOTV phone line jamming, Sununu
2002 campaign
Pleaded
guilty to conspiracy, GOTV phone line jamming, Sununu
2002 campaign
|
| New
Jersey |
GOP
State Chairman Tom Wilson
Rep. Jim
Saxton
Rep. Frank
LoBiondo
Rep. Mike
Ferguson
|
Probed
for his firm receiving $2.7 million from the Burlington
County Bridge Commission
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff, may have illegally
"wheeled" money from DeLay through his "MIKEPAC" to
GOP candidates in Texas and other states
|
| New
Mexico |
Rep.
Heather Wilson |
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff |
| New
York |
Westchester
County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro and US Senate
candidate |
Probed
for campaign donations from mobsters. Her husband served
a year in prison for tax evasion. |
| Northern
Marianas |
Gov.
Froilan Tenorio |
Grand
Jury probe, ties to Abramoff |
| North
Carolina |
Rep.
Charles Taylor
Hayes Martin,
Taylor Campaign Treasurer
Rep. Walter
Jones
|
Probed
for ownership of shady Russian bank – whose other major
investor is a former KGB general. Recipient of contributions
from Abramoff
Indicted,
fraud and money laundering
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| North
Dakota |
Richard
Clayburgh, House candidate |
Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff |
| Ohio
|
Gov.
Bob Taft, Misuse of state funds/ethics violations
Thomas
Noe, Bush-Cheney 04 campaign chair, NW Ohio; Turnpike
Commissioner; University Regent
Bernadette
Noe, Thomas Noe’s wife; chair Lucas County GOP; chair
Lucas Co. Board of Elections
Brian Hicks,
Taft chief of staff, member Ohio University Board
of Trustees
Cherie
Carroll, Taft Chief of Staff Executive Secretary
Rep. Bob
Ney
Rep. Jean
Schmidt
Rep. Ralph
Regula
Douglas
Moormann, Gov. Taft's Executive Assistant for Business
and Industry
Walden
O'Dell, Chairman & CEO of Diebold, Bush-Cheney
major campaign contributor who promised to "deliver"
Ohio to Bush in 2004
|
Convicted,
four first degree misdemeanors, pleaded no contest (admission
of guilt). $4000 fine and public apology, two Federal
Grand Juries, one state Grand Jury still investigating
Taft.
Misuse
of state funds for rare coin fund. Indicted by Federal
grand jury, arrested in Florida.
Misuse
of state funds
Convicted
Convicted
Being probed
for involvement with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay, Indian
casino money laundering. Recipient of contributions
from Abramoff and Kidan. Indictment may be imminent.
Probe of
financial ties to Games, Inc., and proposal to put
Ohio State Lottery on the Internet. Received contributions
from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Under criminal
investigation for accepting loan from Noe.
Resigned
for "personal reasons" Dec. 13, 2005 after initiation
of a class action lawsuit against Diebold for securities
fraud.
|
| Oklahoma |
Rep.
Ernest Istook
Sen. James
Inhofe
Sen. Tom
Coburn
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| Oregon |
Sen.
Gordon Smith
State Rep.
Dan Doyle
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Misused
campaign funds. Convicted.
|
| Pennsylvania |
Rep.
Don Sherwood
Rep. Curt
Weldon
Sen. Arlen
Specter
Rep. Joe
Pitts
Rep. Mike
Fitzpatrick
|
Investigated
by DC police for assaulting and choking a 29-year old
Maryland woman
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of money from DeLay's ARMPAC (subject of Federal indictments),
money laundered from Abramoff sources.
|
| Puerto
Rico |
Puerto
Rican New Progressive Party (GOP affiliate party) |
Paid
Abramoff $400,000 for lobbying for 1998 statehood referendum |
| Rhode
Island |
Former
House candidate (2002) Mike Battles
Providence
Mayor Vince Cianci
|
Firm,
Custer Battles, disbarred from Iraq contracts after
allegations of over charging and money laundering
Imprisoned
in 2002 for 5 years.
|
| South
Carolina |
Rep.
Joe Wilson
Rep. Gresham
Barrett
Rep. Henry
Brown
|
Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
|
| South
Dakota |
Sen.
John Thune
Rep. Bill
Janklow
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Guilty,
second degree manslaughter, imprisoned. Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
| Tennessee |
Rep.
Van Hilleary
Sen. Bill
Frist
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Under Securities
and Exchange Commission investigation for insider
trading on his Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)
stock
|
| Texas |
Rep.
Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader
Jim Ellis,
Director Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC)
PAC tied to DeLay and Abramoff
John Colyandro,
Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), DeLay associate
Warren
RoBold, Lobbyist and DeLay associate
House Speaker
Tom Craddick
Sam Walls,
candidate for Texas House
State Rep.
Todd Baxter
Rep. Kevin
Brady
Rep. Pete
Sessions
|
Probed
for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff/Kidan,
Saipan sweat shops. Grand Jury, Travis County prosecutor,
and House Ethics Committee probing DeLay. Indicted by
Travis County District Attorney for 1 count of criminal
conspiracy and 2 counts of money laundering. Arrested
and booked at Harris County jail October 20, 2005. Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff. Conspiracy to commit
money laundering and money laundering charges still
stand after Texas Judge dropped the one count of criminal
conspiracy on December 5, 2005.
Indicted
Indicted
Indicted
Probed
for campaign violations involving TRMPAC and DeLay
Photos
of him wearing women’s clothes surfaced in the 2004
runoff campaign
Investigated
for receiving ARMPAC and TRMPAC money from Republican
National Committee. To resign from office on Nov.
1, 2005
Recipient
of $10,000 from ARMPAC in 2003. Arrested for DWI in
South Dakota.
Probed
for receiving money from casino Indian tribes represented
by Abramoff
|
| Utah |
Rep.
Chris Cannon |
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff |
| Vermont |
Gov.
Jim Douglas |
Opposition
to universal health care in Vermont tied to huge contributions
from insurance industry. |
| Virginia |
Rep.
Virgil Goode
Jerry Kilgore,
gubernatorial candidate
Rep. Eric
Cantor
Rep. Randy
Forbes
Sen. George
Allen
Rep. Tom
Davis
|
Probed
for contributions from MZM, Inc. (related to Duke Cunningham
probe)
Received
$5000 from MZM, Inc.
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.
|
| Washington |
Rep.
George Nethercutt
Rep. Doc
Hastings
Spokane
Mayor Jim West
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Under Federal
and state investigation for abusing his office to
obtain sexual favors and soliciting sex over the Internet
from underage males. Recalled Dec. 6, 2005 by a 2-1
margin.
|
| West
Virginia |
Rep.
Shelly Moore Capito |
Received
contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff |
| Wisconsin |
Rep.
Paul Ryan
Rep. Mark
Green
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of funds from DeLay's ARMPAC
|
| Wyoming |
Sen.
Mike Enzi
Rep. Barbara
Cubin
|
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient
of contributions from Abramoff
|
