Dorgan On Bush/Abramoff
This is laughable...
Oh sure. Dorgan didn't know Abramoff. Of course, he did use Abramoff's suite at the MCI Center for a fundraiser. He did accept at least $67,000 in contribution's from Abramoff's clients. He did accept some of that money from employees of Jack Abramoff. He did meet with an Abramoff associate and representative of an Indian tribe in Massachusetts during a time when he was pushing for that tribe's recognition in Congress.
But rest assured that Jack Abramoff isn't someone Byron Dorgan knows. Jack Abramoff and the tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from his clients were not "part of" Dorgan's radar.
The Forum
“You’ve said many times you’ve never met Abramoff but, obviously, you knew who he was.”
Senator Dorgan
“I would not have known him from a John Deere tractor. Abramoff was not part of my radar. He was what is known as a Pioneer for President Bush – those are people who raised over $100,000 for the president. He, by all accounts, gave personal contributions to a lot of members of Congress, all of them Republican. Many of them probably knew him, probably went to fundraisers with him, but he’s not someone I would have known.”
Oh sure. Dorgan didn't know Abramoff. Of course, he did use Abramoff's suite at the MCI Center for a fundraiser. He did accept at least $67,000 in contribution's from Abramoff's clients. He did accept some of that money from employees of Jack Abramoff. He did meet with an Abramoff associate and representative of an Indian tribe in Massachusetts during a time when he was pushing for that tribe's recognition in Congress.
But rest assured that Jack Abramoff isn't someone Byron Dorgan knows. Jack Abramoff and the tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from his clients were not "part of" Dorgan's radar.
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