WayneMadsenReport.com Nov. 25, 2005
STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD
State
Alabama
Alaska
Investigation Target
Disposition
Sen. Richard Shelby
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Gov. Robert Riley
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff.
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
California
Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger
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
Rep. Randy "Duke"
Cunningham
Tied to Abramoff scandal on loan papers.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff,
including Indian casino money
Rep. Doug Ose
Rep. Richard Pombo
Rep. John Doolittle
Rep. Ed Royce
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Colorado
Colorado Republican Party
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Connecticut
Gov. John Rowland
Convicted, imprisoned 2004
Rep. Rob Simmons
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
Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy
Adam Kidan, DC Dial-aMattress franchise in DC
and Abramoff associate
Michael Scanlon, former
chief of staff to Tom
DeLay
Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy
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
Steve Rosen, American
Israel Public Affairs
Committee (AIPAC)
Keith Weismann, AIPAC
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
Larry Franklin, Colonel,
USAF Reserves, Dept. of
Defense
Probed for illegal disclosure of CIA
classified information.
Lewis "Scooter" Libby,
Vice President’s Chief of
Staff
Arrested by FBI for making false
statements about helping Jack Abramoff
acquire two Federal properties in DC and
Maryland.
White House Deputy Chief
of Staff Karl Rove
Under investigation for violating the Public
Broadcasting Act
Probed for violating Public Broadcasting
Act
David H. Safavian, Head
of Procurement Policy,
Office of Management and
Budget, former Chief of
Staff, General Service
Administration
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
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
Florida
Rep. Katherine Harris, US
Senate candidate
Probed for campaign donations from MZM,
Inc. (related to Duke Cunningham probe)
Rep. Tom Feeney
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.
Rep. Ric Keller
Georgia
Ralph Reed, candidate for
Lt. Gov.
Probed for involvement in Abramoff,
Kidan, DeLay Indian casino money
laundering.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. John Isakson
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Phil Gingrey
Rep. Jack Kingston
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
Campaign violations filed against a
number of GOP candidates for the state
legislature and US House for skirting
spending limits.
Dalton Tanonaka, former
Lt. gubernatorial and
congressional candidate
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
State Rep. and House
Minority Leader Galen Fox
Idaho
Rep. Michael Simpson
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Butch Otter
Illinois
House Speaker Dennis
Hastert
Rep. Jerry Weller
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.
Republican National
Treasurer Bob Kjellander
Under Federal investigation for misuse of
state employees for political activity and
state contract kickbacks
Former House Leader
State Rep. Lee Daniels
(Elmhurst)
Indiana
Rep. Dan Burton
Gov. Mitch Daniels
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)
Thomas Sharp, INDOT
Commissioner
Under investigation for soliciting
campaign donations in return for INDOT
(Indiana Dept. of Transportation
contracts)
Received DeLay
ARMPAC money. FEC investigating
Jim Kittle, GOP state
chairman
Rep. Chris Chocola
Iowa
Sen. Charles Grassley
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Kansas
Rep. Jim Ryun
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Sam Brownback
2004 congressional candidate (KS-3),
indicted for campaign violations amnd
wire fraud.
Adam Taff
Kentucky
Gov. Ernie Fletcher
Transportation
Commissioner Dan Druen
Deputy Personnel
Secretary Bob Wilson
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.
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
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
Sen. Jim Bunning
Lt. Gov. Stephen Pence
Dave Disponett
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
Resigned for starting a rumor campaign
against Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Massachusetts
Gov. Mitt Romney’s
Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs
Lawrence Novak, Vice
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
Chair, state GOP
Michigan
Rep. Dave Camp
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Minnesota
Rep. Gil Gutknecht
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Missouri
Sen. Christopher Bond
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Jim Talent
Gov. Matt Blunt, son of
Roy Blunt
Rep. Roy Blunt, House
Majority Leader
Mississippi
Rep. Charles Pickering
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.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Roger Wicker
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Thad Cochran
Received funds from casino Indian tribes
represented by Abramoff
Sen. Trent Lott
Montana
Nebraska
Sen. Conrad Burns
Probed for links to Abramoff
Rep. Dennis Rehberg
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Former Rep. Jon
Christensen
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Received tainted money from DeLay.
Refused to return it.
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
Nevada
Sen. John Ensign
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
New Hampshire
Sen. John Sununu
Probed for receipt of money from DeLay
tainted PAC
Rep. Jeb Bradley
House Speaker Gene
Probed for receipt of money from DeLay
tainted PAC
Chandler
Campaign contributions violations
James Tobin, Northeast
political director National
Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee
Indicted, conspiracy, GOTV phone line
jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign
Chuck McGee, former
Exec. Dir. New Hampshire
Republican Party
Pleaded guilty, conspiracy, GOTV phone
line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign
Allen Raymond, GOP
Marketplace President
New Jersey
GOP State Chairman Tim
Wilson
Pleaded guilty to conspiracy, GOTV phone
line jamming, Sununu 2002 campaign
Probed for his firm receiving $2.7 million
from the Burlington County Bridge
Commission
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Jim Saxton
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Mike Ferguson
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff,
may have laundered 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
Probed for ownership of shady Russian
bank – whose other major investor is a
former KGB general. Recipient of
contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Indicted, fraud and money laundering
Hayes Martin, Taylor
Campaign Treasurer
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Walter Jones
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
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.
Thomas Noe, BushCheney 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
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
Rep. Jean Schmidt
Under criminal investigation for accepting
loan from Noe.
Rep. Ralph Regula
Douglas Moormann, Gov.
Taft's Executive Assistant
for Business and Industry
Oklahoma
Rep. Ernest Istook
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. James Inhofe
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Tom Coburn
Oregon
Sen. Gordon Smith
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Misused campaign funds. Convicted.
State Rep. Dan Doyle
Pennsylvania
Rep. Don Sherwood
Investigated by DC police for assaulting
and choking a 29-year old Maryland
woman
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Curt Weldon
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Arlen Specter
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Joe Pitts
Recipient of money from DeLay's ARMPAC
(subject of Federal indictments), money
laundered from Abramoff sources.
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick
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
Firm, Custer Battles, disbarred from Iraq
contracts after allegations of over
charging and money laundering
Imprisoned in 2002 for 5 years.
Providence Mayor Vince
Cianci
South Carolina
Rep. Joe Wilson
Rep. Gresham Barrett
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
Rep. Henry Brown
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Sen. John Thune
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Bill Janklow
Guilty, second degree manslaughter,
imprisoned. Recipient of contributions
from Abramoff
Rep. Van Hilleary
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. Bill Frist
Under Securities and Exchange
Commission investigation for insider
trading on his Hospital Corporation of
America (HCA) stock
Rep. Tom DeLay, House
Majority Leader
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
Indicted
Jim Ellis, Director
Americans for a
Republican Majority
(ARMPAC) PAC tied to
DeLay and Abramoff
Indicted
John Colyandro, Texans
for a Republican Majority
(TRMPAC), DeLay
associate
Indicted
Warren RoBold, Lobbyist
and DeLay associate
Photos of him wearing women’s clothes
surfaced in the 2004 runoff campaign
House Speaker Tom
Craddick
Investigated for receiving ARMPAC and
TRMPAC money from Republican National
Committee. To resign from office on Nov.
1, 2005
Sam Walls, candidate for
Texas House
State Rep. Todd Baxter
Probed for campaign violations involving
TRMPAC and DeLay
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
Rep. Kevin Brady
Rep. Pete Sessions
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
Probed for contributions from MZM, Inc.
(related to Duke Cunningham probe)
Received $5000 from MZM, Inc.
Jerry Kilgore,
gubernatorial candidate
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Eric Cantor
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Randy Forbes
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Sen. George Allen
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
and Kidan.
Rep. Tom Davis
Washington
Rep. George Nethercutt
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Doc Hastings
Spokane Mayor Jim West
Under Federal and state investigation for
abusing his office to obtain sexual favors
and soliciting sex over the Internet from
underage males.
West Virginia
Rep. Shelly Moore Capito
Received contributions from. DeLay’s
ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Wisconsin
Rep. Paul Ryan
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Wyoming
Sen. Mike Enzi
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Barbara Cubin
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff