gauchogolfer
Jan 19, 2007, 12:41 PM
San Francisco Chronicle link (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/19/national/w072343S03.DTL)
(01-19) 08:17 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) --
Former Rep. Bob Ney was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for trading political favors for gifts and campaign donations from lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Ney, the first congressman ensnared in the lobbying scandal, pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy and making false statements. He admitted being corrupted by golf trips, tickets, meals and campaign donations from Abramoff.
"You violated a host of laws that you as a congressman are sworn to enforce and uphold," said U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle, who recommended that Ney serve his time at a federal prison in Morgantown, W.Va.
Ney will also serve two years probation and must pay a $6,000 fine. Huvelle recommended he enter a prison alcohol rehabilitation program for treatment of a drinking problem he has acknowledged in recent months. Completing the program could knock about a year off his sentence.
I'm glad to see he's going to prison for his role, but I'm not happy about the reduction in sentencing for his alleged 'addiction'. It just seems too convenient for me, I guess. Of course, if all the other Congressmen involved with Abramoff got similar treatment, it'd be peachy.
(01-19) 08:17 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) --
Former Rep. Bob Ney was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for trading political favors for gifts and campaign donations from lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Ney, the first congressman ensnared in the lobbying scandal, pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy and making false statements. He admitted being corrupted by golf trips, tickets, meals and campaign donations from Abramoff.
"You violated a host of laws that you as a congressman are sworn to enforce and uphold," said U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle, who recommended that Ney serve his time at a federal prison in Morgantown, W.Va.
Ney will also serve two years probation and must pay a $6,000 fine. Huvelle recommended he enter a prison alcohol rehabilitation program for treatment of a drinking problem he has acknowledged in recent months. Completing the program could knock about a year off his sentence.
I'm glad to see he's going to prison for his role, but I'm not happy about the reduction in sentencing for his alleged 'addiction'. It just seems too convenient for me, I guess. Of course, if all the other Congressmen involved with Abramoff got similar treatment, it'd be peachy.
