President Trump commuted the prison sentence of Jason Galanis, who was serving a 189-month sentence for defrauding the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation of over $38 million in tribal economic development bonds. The clemency eliminates all remaining fines, restitution, and probation conditions, and …
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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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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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