Kevin Ring: Gov’t Wants ‘Grossly Disproportionate’ Sentence In Abramoff Scandal
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 19th, 2011 4:41 am by HL
Kevin Ring: Gov’t Wants ‘Grossly Disproportionate’ Sentence In Abramoff Scandal
A legal team for Kevin Ring, the member of “Team Abramoff” who the feds want to send to prison for two months longer than Jack Abramoff himself, is arguing that he doesn’t deserve to spend four years and two months in prison for giving tickets to a former Justice Department official and two Senate staffers.
House Ethics Panel Resumes Inquiry Into Jesse Jackson, Jr.
The Justice Department has withdrawn their request for a deferral in the ethics investigation of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) and the House Ethics Committee has voted to end the hold on their probe, the panel announced Tuesday.