Jack Abramoff

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Jack Allan Abramoff (; born February 28, 1959) is an American lobbyist, businessman, film producer, writer, and convicted felon. He was at the center of an extensive federal corruption investigation, which resulted in his conviction and 21 others 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. Abramoff was national chairman of the College Republican National Committee from 1981 to 1985; a founding member of the International Freedom Foundation, allegedly financed by the apartheid-era government of South Africa; and served on the board of directors of National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank. From 1994 through 2001, he was a top lobbyist for the firm of Preston Gates & Ellis and subsequently for Greenberg Traurig until March 2004. After a guilty plea in the Jack Abramoff Native American lobbying scandal and his dealings...

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