Flanigan withdraws - the message is getting out
maybe, just maybe, the recent hoo-ha over rampant cronyism is beginning to be felt... the last thing we needed was another pre-tainted, litmus-tested, business revolving-door crony as deputy attorney general... we can always hope...
asking questions of this bunch ALWAYS leads to more questions unless, of course, they're flat-out lying which is, unfortunately, also never an unwarranted assumption... Submit To Propeller
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Timothy E. Flanigan has withdrawn as a nominee to be deputy attorney general amid a delay in his confirmation because of his dealings with indicted Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, The Associated Press has learned.
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He was nominated in May to be the No. 2 official at the Justice Department — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' top deputy. It's a role he also held when Gonzales was White House counsel in Bush's first term.
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Flanigan joined Tyco in 2002, after leaving the White House. He has told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Abramoff, subject of a federal investigation into his lobbying activities, began lobbying on behalf of Tyco in the spring of 2003 and bragged about his ties to then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and Karl Rove, Bush's top political aide.
"Members of this committee have asked a number of questions of Mr. Flanigan about these incidents, but each set of responses leads to more questions," [said] Sen. Patrick Leahy...
asking questions of this bunch ALWAYS leads to more questions unless, of course, they're flat-out lying which is, unfortunately, also never an unwarranted assumption... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
10/07/2005
