After DeLay used his leadership position to kill a bill that would have taxed Indian casinos, Abramoff and Scanlon used their access to “the Leader” to attract Indian casino clients.
DeLay is the only member of Congress associated with Abramoff and Scanlon’s extensive casino tribe dealings. This money ATR raised at the White House three years ago is a small part of a big scandal involving Abramoff, his partner Mike Scanlon, six Indian tribes, $66 million in questionable lobbying fees, and millions of dollars in political contributions.Īlso entangled in the scandal is House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, whose Washington “network” was offered to Indian casino clients by Abramoff and Scanlon, if the tribes would hire them. So he had Abramoff ask two of his American Indian clients for $25,000 each for the privilege of meeting the president. He decided to use the event to make a little money for his organization, Americans for Tax Reform.
Norquist was bringing a group of Republican state legislators to the White House to sell them Bush’s proposed tax cuts. Bush a small favor by directing a modest sum of money to Grover Norquist.
On May 9, 2001, Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff did President George W.
