Lobbying-Corruption

Choctaw Tribe Contract Reveals Abramoff-Scanlon Lobbying Fraud

| Importance: 8/10

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians begins a contract with Capitol Campaign Strategies, led by Michael Scanlon, who worked closely with Jack Abramoff. The contract was part of a broader corrupt lobbying scheme where Abramoff and Scanlon systematically defrauded Native American tribes. Of the …

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Abramoff Moves to Greenberg Traurig, Partners with Michael Scanlon

| Importance: 8/10

Jack Abramoff leaves Preston Gates to join Greenberg Traurig’s government relations practice in Washington, D.C. In June 2001, he begins a secret partnership with Tom DeLay’s former communications director Michael Scanlon, who forms Capitol Campaign Strategies. Their ‘gimme …

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Abramoff-Norquist-DeLay Network Defeats Native American Casino Tax Bill

| Importance: 8/10

Jack Abramoff, working for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, successfully mobilized a network including Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform and House Majority Whip Tom DeLay to defeat a Congressional bill that would have imposed unrelated business income tax (UBIT) on Native …

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Jack Abramoff Joins Preston Gates - Launches Tribal Lobbying Practice

| Importance: 7/10

Jack Abramoff joins Preston Gates & Ellis in late 1994, strategically positioning himself to leverage the Republican electoral victories that reshaped congressional relationships with Native American tribes. By 1995, he had secured the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians as his first major …

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