Michael Scanlon is guilty of conspiracy to bribe Congressmen. "Congressman A" in the indictment is Ohio's Bob Ney:
The plea agreement lists gifts Ney was offered or received, including a golf trip to Scotland in 2002, $4,000 to his campaign committee, $10,000 to the National Republican Campaign Committee made with credit to Ney, regular meals and drinks at Abramoff's Signatures restaurant, sports tickets, and frequent golf and related expenses at courses in the Washington area.As part of his deal, Scanlon is going to rat out all the rats. So, this is the tip of the iceberg...we should be seeing indictments of Congressmen A, B, C, D....maybe he can throw a couple Senators in the pokey, too.
The document states that the gifts were "in exchange for a series of official acts." These included providing legislation, agreeing to put statements into the Congressional Record, contacting federal officials to influence decisions, meeting with Abramoff's clients and endorsing a wireless telecommunications company that wanted to install antennas in House office buildings.
