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Public Citizen: Bush Should Account for Abramoff Campaign Donations

HeadlineJan 05, 2006

In other news from Washington, Republican Party officials announced President Bush will donate to charity $6,000 in campaign contributions connected to lobbyist Jack Abramoff. On Tuesday Abramoff pleaded guilty to three felony counts and admitted to defrauding at least four Native American tribes of tens of millions of dollars, bribing government officials and evading taxes. Meanwhile the watchdog group Public Citizen has called on Bush to provide a full accounting of the sources of political contributions raised by Abramoff. In 2004, Bush designated Abramoff a “Pioneer” for raising over $100,000 for his campaign.

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