The Jack Abramoff Papers

Utah’s Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing Part 2

Who Is This Guy?

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Jack Abramoff was a Lobbyist

His Clients Included:

Microsoft Corp.

Time Warner

Magazine Publishers of America

Envirocare of Utah

And Many Others…

Mainly Gambling Interests

• Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe• Suncruz Casino • Mississippi Band of Choctaw

Indians• Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana• Commonwealth of the N Mariana

Islands• eLottery Inc

Especially Indian Tribal Casinos

• Tribal Casinos Generate over $14.5 Billion Dollars in annual revenue.

• To put that in perspective, General Motors reports a net income of about ½ billion dollars.

Jack Abramoff’s

• First shot at the National Spotlight was when he spoke to the National Republican Convention in 1984.

• Abramoff was the elected Chairman of the Young College Republicans.

His Election was Engineered by:

Grover Norquest…

Ralph Reed was Abramoff’s “Right Hand Man”

Then Came the Republican Revolution…

• Republicans had control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

• Norquest had written the “Contract with America” and was close friends with Newt Gingrich, the new “Speaker of the House”.

• It was Norquest’s plan to make sure all Lobbyists, Congressmen and other organizations were all on the same page.

Grover Norquest Organized The “K Street Project”

• The 1st goal was to bring Big Lobbyists together with Republican Organizations, and Republican Political Leaders.

• The 2nd Goal was to force Lobbying Firms to hire Republicans.

• The 3rd Goal was to make sure Republican Congressmen did business only with Republican Lobbyists.

“The Enforcer” was the 3rd Most Powerful Man in the new Republican Congress.

Tom Delay:

Norquist Promoted Abramoff…

• As THE Lobbyist to do business with…

• Abramoff Joined the Seattle Law/Lobbying Firm of Preston Gates and Ellis.

• He was close to Norquest, Delay and Reed since his days as Chairman of the College Republicans.

The K-Street Plan Had Four Major Components:

• Norquist wrote “The Agenda”

• Abramoff Brought in the Money

• Delay Got “the Agenda” through Congress.

• Ralph Reed provided “Moral Cover” and grass-roots support as head of the “Moral Majority”.

For Example:

• One of Abramoff’s Clients, The Mississippi Choctaw Tribe ran the largest Indian Casino Operation in the U.S.

• They were concerned that Congress would soon pass a law that taxed their Casino Gambling Profits.

Grover Norquest:

• Grover also controlled the “Americans for Tax Reform” as well as “K Street’s Agenda.

• In return for “massive” donations to “Americans for Tax Reform”, he framed the “Casino Tax” with Abramoff as just another “tax increase” on every American Family.

Ralph Reed

• Norquist’s organization, “Americans for Tax Reform” served to funnel Choctaw Casino money to Ralph Reed’s “Christian Coalition”. (Pat Robertson’s old group)

• Reed’s job was to “shut down” other Indian Tribes that could threaten Choctaw’s revenue.

Ralph Reed (cont.)

• To do this, he used the “Christian Coalition” to block additional Indian Casinos on “moral grounds”.

• Ralph Reed was accused of taking over $4 million personally from Jack Abramoff.

• Choctaw Gambling Money sent to the “Christian Coalition” via Norquist’s “Americans for Tax Reform” greatly exceeded that amount.

Tom Delay Handled Congress…

• His P.A.C., Americans for a Republican Majority was used to “reward” those Congressmen that voted with “The Agenda”

• He also helped set-up the “Family Network” which took-in $345,000 of Choctaw money from Abramoff.