A Weblog by The Plain Dealer Politics Staff
Thursday, March 09, 2006
"Abramoff's fixer"
That's how U.S. Rep. Bob Ney is described in Vanity Fair's new article about disgraced superlobbyist Jack Abramoff.
So why has Ney, widely understood as the "Representative No. 1" mentioned in Abramoff's indictment and other court documents, still not been publicly targeted?
"Rather than go after Ney immediately," author David Margolick writes, "prosecutors appear to be encircling him...."
Also featured: U.S. Rep. John Boehner, the House majority leader.
--Ed.