Posted by Jed Lewison on Thu Aug 14, 2008 at 1:46 PM Pacific

Abramoff's Old Firm Hired McCain Aide For Senate Inquiry


John McCain talks strategy with Randy Scheunemann, his top foreign policy adviser. Scheunemann received hundreds of thousands of dollars as a lobbyist for the Republic of Georgia while helping McCain formulate his policies in the region.

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Michael Cooper of the New York Times:

When Senator John McCain led a Senate investigation three years ago of Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist who later pleaded guilty to fraud charges, Mr. Abramoff’s old firm turned to a former McCain campaign adviser for help.

The firm, Greenberg Traurig, which had quickly cut its ties to Mr. Abramoff, hired Randy Scheunemann, who had been the McCain campaign’s foreign policy adviser in 2000 — and is again this year — for advice on handling the Senate investigation.

Abramoff's Old Firm Hired McCain Aide For Senate Inquiry


John McCain talks strategy with Randy Scheunemann, his top foreign policy adviser. Scheunemann received hundreds of thousands of dollars as a lobbyist for the Republic of Georgia while helping McCain formulate his policies in the region.

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Michael Cooper of the New York Times:

When Senator John McCain led a Senate investigation three years ago of Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist who later pleaded guilty to fraud charges, Mr. Abramoff’s old firm turned to a former McCain campaign adviser for help.

The firm, Greenberg Traurig, which had quickly cut its ties to Mr. Abramoff, hired Randy Scheunemann, who had been the McCain campaign’s foreign policy adviser in 2000 — and is again this year — for advice on handling the Senate investigation.

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