WASHINGTON (AP) — The top aide to convicted former Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty Monday to federal conspiracy charges stemming from a congressional bribery scandal that downed his boss.
Smiling nervously at times, William Heaton, 28, acknowledged accepting a golf trip to Scotland, expensive meals, and tickets to sporting events between 2002 and 2004 as payoffs for helping clients of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
We've still got a long way to go before this Abramoff scandal is over. Cleaning up the corruption in D.C. will continue, but if I could make one complaint, it would be nice if it was a faster process. I guess the HUGE mess of corruption left by 12 years of Republican control of Congress cannot happen overnight.
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