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Convictions in the Abramoff corruption probe

05/14/11 Lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and others caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:
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Court affirms convictions of Abramoff probe figure

05/13/11 A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the convictions of the George W. Bush administration's top procurement official in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal.
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'Casino Jack' an unfortunate misfire

03/17/11 Right-wing Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff was as crooked as a corkscrew. In his pursuit of tens of millions of dollars in lobbying fees, he bribed politicians, laundered money and bilked his own clients, actually lobbying against Indian tribes he represented to keep the money flowing.
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03/18/11 Film clips

03/17/11 "CASINO JACK" -- The dramatized story of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the network of influence peddlers, politicians and policymakers he helped bring to power in the 1990s. Starring Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Jon Lovitz and Rachelle Lefevre. Directed by George Hickenlooper.
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Convictions in the Abramoff corruption probe

02/12/11 The lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:
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Convictions in the Abramoff corruption probe

02/11/11 By The Associated Press The lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:
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Delving into Abramoff

01/22/11 On the surface, Kevin Spacey and Jack Abramoff don't appear to share much in common. Spacey is a Democrat. Abramoff is a Republican. Spacey starred in a high school production of "The Sound of Music." During his teen years, Abramoff was a wrestler.
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Getting the details down

01/09/11 On the surface, Kevin Spacey and Jack Abramoff don't appear to share much in common. Spacey is a Democrat. Abramoff is a Republican. Spacey starred in a high school production of "The Sound of Music." During his teen years, Abramoff was a wrestler.
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The Go Guide | Sun Sentinel blogs | Kevin Spacey on playing 'Casino Jack' Abramoff

01/07/11 Kevin Spacey was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his portrayal of Jack Abramoff in "Casino Jack," which hits South Florida theaters on Friday.
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01/02/11 Movies Opening This Week Casino Jack Kevin Spacey stars in this biopic about the shady dealings of convicted Washington influence-peddler Jack Abramoff.
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Kevin Spacey channels his inner Abramoff

12/24/10 On the surface, Kevin Spacey and Jack Abramoff don't appear to have much in common. Spacey is a Democrat. Abramoff is a Republican. Spacey starred in a high school production of "The Sound of Music." During his teen years, Abramoff was a wrestler.
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Spacey finds depth in portrayal of Abramoff

12/18/10 On the surface, Kevin Spacey and Jack Abramoff don't appear to share much in common.
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After 'Casino Jack,' Kevin Spacey sees convicted super-lobbyist in a new light

12/18/10 In its current state Facebook has many virtues. Moviemaking is not among them. But in the spring of 2009 the director George Hickenlooper ("Factory Girl") wrote on his Facebook page that Kevin Spacey would be the right actor to play the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff in his new film, "Casino Jack." A mutual friend saw that post.
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EUR Film Review: Casino Jack

12/14/10 *Jack Abramoff (Kevin Spacey) was a veteran Washington, DC lobbyist whose outrageous exploits made even members of his own shady profession blush. In the Nineties, the services of the shameless attorney, along with those of his equally-unscrupulous business partner, Michael Scanlon (Barry Pepper), were retained by seven different Native American tribes interested in opening gambling [...]
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Abramoff concludes stint at kosher pizzeria

12/13/10 BALTIMORE (AP) - Jack Abramoff's nearly six-month stint working at a kosher pizzeria has come to an end. The disgraced Washington lobbyist picked up his final paycheck from Tov Pizza on Dec. 3, owner Ron Rosenbluth said Monday. That was his official release date from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
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Abramoff Concludes Stint At Kosher Pizzeria

12/13/10 Jack Abramoff's nearly six-month stint working at a kosher pizzeria has come to an end.
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People caught in up the Abramoff corruption probe

11/15/10 By The Associated Press The lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:
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People caught in up the Abramoff corruption probe

11/15/10 The lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:
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An overview of people caught up in Abramoff probe

10/22/10 By The Associated Press The lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:
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An overview of people caught up in Abramoff probe

10/22/10 The lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:
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Wilmington on DVD: Casino Jack and the United States of Money, Crumb, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, Josef Von ...

09/15/10 Alex Gibney's Casino Jack and the United States of Money is the amazing, genuinely scary and totally sobering story of Jack Abramoff, the supreme Republican lobbyist/dealmaker/moneyman, and also the poster child for a decade crazed by greed and contemptuous of rules, regulations and the problems of the common man and woman.
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