Conventional wisdom is that because some indian tribes who were represented by Jack Abramoff gave money to a few Democrats, it was Jack Abramoff who directed those contributions. But is there any evidence whatsoever for this? Check out the exchange between Governor Dean and Wolf Blitzer from CNN yesterday:
BLITZER: Should Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, who has now pleaded guilty to bribery charges, among other charges, a Republican lobbyist in Washington, should the Democrat who took money from him give that money to charity or give it back? DEAN: There are no Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, not one, not one single Democrat. Every person named in this scandal is a Republican. Every person under investigation is a Republican. Every person indicted is a Republican. This is a Republican finance scandal. There is no evidence that Jack Abramoff ever gave any Democrat any money. And we've looked through all of those FEC reports to make sure that's true. BLITZER: But through various Abramoff-related organizations and outfits, a bunch of Democrats did take money that presumably originated with Jack Abramoff.DEAN: That's not true either. There's no evidence for that either. There is no evidence...BLITZER: What about Senator Byron Dorgan?DEAN: Senator Byron Dorgan and some others took money from Indian tribes. They're not agents of Jack Abramoff. There's no evidence that I've seen that Jack Abramoff directed any contributions to Democrats. I know the Republican National Committee would like to get the Democrats involved in this. They're scared. They should be scared. They haven't told the truth. They have misled the American people. And now it appears they're stealing from Indian tribes. The Democrats are not involved in this.
The contributions to Republicans that are drawing scrutiny from prosecutors are known to have been directed by Abramoff because he E-mailed everyone under the sun to make sure they've occured. But I have yet to see a single instance of Jack Abramoff telling a tribe to contribute to a Democrat. If anyone does have evidence of Abramoff directing a contribution by a tribe to a Democrat, please put the link to it in the comments.
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