Washingtonian is reporting that the line being spun by McClellan (that Bush doesn't know Abramoff) is total bullshit.
The Washingtonian has seen five photos of the President with Abramoff or his family. One photo shows the President and Abramoff shaking hands at a meeting in the Old Executive Office Building, where a bearded-Abramoff introduced Bush to several of the lobbyist's native-American clients.
What's funny is how obvious this should have been to the press corp.
I can't understand how the press doesn't run screaming from the briefing room.
Sources say the photographs are being kept safe. Abramoff would tell prosecutors, if asked, that not only did he know the President, but the President knew the names of Abramoff's children and asked about them during their meetings. At one such photo session, Bush discussed the fact that both he and Abramoff were fathers of twins.
Queue VRWC on why all of this doesn't matter. It's all about jism.