political : ANOTHER REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN CONFESSES TO BEING A CRIMINAL [+] serious ballot by cranky ACTIVE Fri Sep 15, 06 - Wed Jun 10, 09 Ohio Rep. Ney pleads guilty to false statements Conspiracy to commit fraud also among charges The Associated Press Updated: 9:25 a.m. CT Sept 15, 2006 WASHINGTON - Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements and conspiracy to commit fraud and violating post-employment restrictions for former congressional aides. Ney abandonded months of defiant denials to admit guilt in the congressional corruption probe spawned by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney becomes the first lawmaker to admit wrongdoing in the election-year investigation. Change of direction. Ney had consistently denied any wrongdoing in the investigation, an insistence that he maintained even after his former chief of staff pleaded guilty in May. The aide, Neil Volz, confessed to conspiring to corrupt the congressman and others with trips and other aid. Volz became a business partner of Abramoff after leaving the congressional payroll. In addition to Abramoff and Volz, the scandal has produced guilty pleas by two former congressional aides to former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. DeLay resigned from Congress earlier in the year. He has not been charged in the federal investigation, but is under indictment on state charges in Texas in a different case. He denied all wrongdoing. Prosecutors also won a conviction in the Abramoff case against former White House official David Safavian, formerly the Bush administration's top procurement official. At Safavian's recent trial, prosecutors introduced a photograph of Ney and Abramoff standing next to a private jet that whisked them and other members to a golf outing in Scotland. Also in the photo were two of Ney's aides who went on the weeklong Abramoff-organized junket. * * * * * * * * Is this just a classic example, in terms of morals and ethics, of the Republican motto: "Do as I say, not as I do?" Yes, the hypocrisy is unbelievable No, Republicans are staunch defenders of our moral values, regardless of how many crimes they commit Register to submit choices Ballot #101959 : SEE RESULTS Comment: Register to submit comments You may still vote without registration show your vote with comment?

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