WayneMadsenReport.com August 14, 2005
STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Arizona
California
State Investigation Target
Sen. Richard Shelby
Gov. Robert Riley
Senate President Ben
Stevens (son of US Senate
Pro Tem President Ted
Stevens)
Sen. Ted Stevens
Disposition
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff. Received contributions from.
DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Probed for accepting consulting fees from oil services firm Veco. Subject to a recall petition.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Arkansas Republican Party Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Rep. J. D. Hayworth Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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
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
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
DC
Florida from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Colorado Republican Party Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Convicted, imprisoned 2004 Gov. John Rowland
Rep. Rob Simmons Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Attorney General Jane
Brady
Accused of helping MBNA
Bank of Wilmington skirt campaign finance laws.
Jack Abramoff, GOP lobbyist
Adam Kidan, DC Dial-a-
Mattress franchise in DC and Abramoff associate
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
Rep. Katherine Harris, US
Senate candidate
Rep. Tom Feeney
Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy
Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy
Being probed for involvement in Indian casino scandal with
Abramoff, Kidan, and
DeLay
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
Probed for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information
Probed for campaign donations from MZM, Inc.
(related to Duke
Cunningham probe)
Recipient of contributions
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Georgia
Indiana
Rep. Ric Keller
Ralph Reed, candidate for
Lt. Gov.
Sen. John Isakson
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Rep. Phil Gingrey
Rep. Jack Kingston
Gov. Felix Camacho
New Hawaii PAC and
House GOP PAC
Rep. Michael Simpson
Rep. Butch Otter
House Speaker Dennis
Hastert
Rep. Jerry Weller
Rep. Dan Burton 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.
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
Probed for ties to Abramoff and demoting Acting US
Attorney for Guam
Frederick Black
Campaign violations filed against a number of GOP candidates for the state legislature and US House for skirting spending limits.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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).
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Sen. Charles Grassley
Rep. Jim Ryun
Sen. Sam Brownback
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
Sen. David Vitter
Maine Republican Party
Joseph Steffen, aide to Gov.
Bob Ehrlich
Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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
Linked to Abramoff in a case involving a Louisiana
Indian tribe.
Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Resigned for starting a rumor campaign against
Baltimore Mayor Martin
O’Malley.
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Gov. Mitt Romney’s
Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs
Rep. Dave Camp
Rep. Gil Gutknecht
Sen. Christopher Bond
Sen. Jim Talent
Gov. Matt Blunt
Rep. Charles Pickering
Rep. Roger Wicker
Sen. Thad Cochran
Sen. Conrad Burns
Rep. Dennis Rehberg
Rep. Jon Christensen
Sen. John Ensign
Sen. John Sununu
Rep. Jeb Bradley
House Speaker Gene
Chandler
GOP State Chairman Tim
Wilson
Rep. Jim Saxton
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Under ethics cloud for awarding a $10,000 contract to conservative Boston
Herald columnist to write columns supportive of
Romney’s policies.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Probed for links to
Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC
Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC
Campaign contributions violations
Probed for his firm receiving $2.7 million from the Burlington County
Bridge Commission
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
New Mexico
New York
Northern Marianas
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Rep. Mike Ferguson
Rep. Heather Wilson
Westchester County District
Attorney Jeanine Pirro and
US Senate candidate
Gov. Froilan Tenorio
Rep. Charles Taylor
Hayes Martin, Taylor
Campaign Treasurer
Rep. Walter Jones
Richard Clayburgh, House candidate
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
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Probed for campaign donations from mobsters.
Her husband served a year in prison for tax evasion.
Grand Jury probe, ties to
Abramoff
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
Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Under investigation, two
Federal Grand Juries, one state Grand Jury, Ohio
Ethics Commission/
“Coingate”
Misuse of state funds for rare coin fund
Misuse of state funds
Convicted
Convicted
Being probed for
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Rep. Jean Schmidt
Rep. Ralph Regula
Rep. Ernest Istook
Sen. James Inhofe
Sen. Tom Coburn
Sen. Gordon Smith
Rep. Don Sherwood
Rep. Curt Weldon
Sen. Arlen Specter
Rep. Joe Pitts
Puerto Rican New
Progressive Party (GOP affiliate party)
Former House candidate
(2002) Mike Battles
Providence Mayor Vince
Cianci
Rep. Joe Wilson involvement with
Abramoff, Kidan, and
DeLay, Indian casino money laundering.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.
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
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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
Paid Abramoff $400,000 for lobbying for 1998 statehood referendum
Firm, Custer Battles, disbarred from Iraq contracts after allegations of over charging and money laundering
Imprisoned in 2002 for 5 years.
Received contributions
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Rep. Gresham Barrett
Rep. Henry Brown
Sen. John Thune
Rep. Bill Janklow
Rep. Van Hilleary
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
Rep. Chris Cannon
Gov. Jim Douglas 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
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Guilty, second degree manslaughter, imprisoned.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties to
Abramoff/Kidan, Saipan sweat shops. Grand Jury,
Travis County prosecutor, and House Ethics
Committee probing DeLay
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Indicted
Indicted
Indicted
Probed for campaign violations involving
TRMPAC and DeLay
Photos of him wearing women’s clothes surfaced in the 2004 runoff campaign
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Opposition to universal health care in Vermont tied
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Rep. Virgil Goode
Jerry Kilgore, gubernatorial candidate
Rep. Eric Cantor
Rep. Randy Forbes
Sen. George Allen
Rep. Tom Davis
Rep. George Nethercutt
Rep. Doc Hastings to huge contributions from insurance industry.
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.
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Rep. Shelly Moore Capito Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
Rep. Paul Ryan
Sen. Mike Enzi
Rep. Barbara Cubin
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
Recipient of contributions from Abramoff