Jack Abramoff
Jack Abramoff
Jack Allan Abramoffis a former American lobbyist, businessman, movie producer and writer. He was at the center of an extensive corruption investigation that led to his conviction and to 21 people either pleading guilty or being found guilty, including White House officials J. Steven Griles and David Safavian, U.S. Representative Bob Ney, and nine other lobbyists and Congressional aides...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 February 1958
CityAtlantic City, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
In Hollywood, they put the knife in your front; in D.C., they put it in your back. I found far fewer duplicitous people in Hollywood.
All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster.
As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I was one of the leaders, because why? As a lobbyist, once you buy a congressional office, you don't have to re-buy that office in six years, right?
In Hollywood, they put the knife in your front; in D.C., they put it in your back. I found far fewer duplicitous people in Hollywood.
I think the American people deserve somebody telling them what is really happening in Washington.
I'm not asking people to feel sorry for me.
I'm not exactly the endorsement people are seeking.
Well, I try to not view things through a prism of anti-Semitism, because often, people will use that as a sort of knee-jerk reaction to any criticism of Jews.
A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, and a libertarian is a conservative who's been indicted.
I'm trying to avail myself of the various technologies to get the message that Washington needs to be cleaned up, that the system that's in place is not what's beneficial in the country.
Tony would say to members, 'Oh, you're getting phone calls on this? I better go tell the whip.' Lou Sheldon sending a letter is not going to do anything unless you have somebody on the inside. Tony exaggerated to leadership how backing the bill could hurt those members,
Did you get the message from the guys that Tom wants us to raise some bucks from Capital Athletic Foundation? ... I have six clients in for $25K. I recommend we hit everyone who cares about Tom's requests. I have another few to hit still.
This is really high on the priority list of tribal concerns. This is a cash cow in many circumstances, and tribes are concerned about protection of tribal assets.
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