The Muckraker's Reference Section
Below you'll find entries to explain the involvement of the various players in the widening array of national corruption scandals. We've done our best to concisely explain, with little or no commentary, why certain names keep cropping up. It's just the facts.
The entries will be updated as the investigations, along with ours and others' muckraking, proceed. The list isn't exhaustive, and no doubt we'll be adding entries as readers request them. Does some name keep cropping up in these stories and you have no idea why? Let us know, and we'll explain.
The U.S. Attorney Firings Scandal:
Kyle Sampson
Monica Goodling
Paul McNulty
William Moschella
Michael Elston
J. Scott Jennings
Harriet Miers
William Kelley
Bradley Schlozman
The Duke Cunningham Investigation:
Duke Cunningham
Brent Wilkes
Kyle "Dusty" Foggo
Mitchell Wade
Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA)
Thomas Kontogiannis
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Jeffrey Shockey
The Jack Abramoff Investigation:
Inner Circle
Michael Scanlon
Alexander Strategy Group
Tony Rudy
Ed Buckham
Grover Norquist
Ralph Reed
Members of the Administration
David Safavian
J. Steven Griles
George W. Bush
Key Lawmakers
Ex-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Ex-Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX)
Ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH)
Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA)
Other Figures Involved in Abramoff Scandal
Italia Federici
Key Members of Team Abramoff
Neil Volz
Kevin Ring
Front Non-Profits, Shell Companies in Abramoff Scandal
Capital Athletic Foundation
Grassroots Interactive
Eshkol Religious Academy
U.S. Family Network
American International Center
National Center for Public Policy Research
Other Companies
Signatures
Toward Tradition
SunCruz
Abramoff Clients
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam Superior Court
The New Hampshire Phone-Jamming Investigation:
James Tobin
Charles McGee
Allen Raymond
Shaun Hansen
The Alaska Investigations:
Ted StevensDon Young
Other Investigations:
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)
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