Former aid to GOP rep to plead guilty


	Former aid to GOP rep to plead guilty

jklugman

4-23-2007 7:01 PM

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republicans, corruption, jack abramoff, mark zachares, don young, congress, democracy

jklugman says:

Mark Zachares, a former aid to Republican Representative Don Young (AK) is set to plead guilty to corruption charges. Zachares is accused of essentially agreeing to be a plant for Jack Abramoff in Congress, steering business Abramoff's way. After Zachares left Congress, he was to be rewarded by Abramoff by being paid as a lobbying with a high salary.

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