MSNBC.COM has a story up on the front page announcing the inevitable: jail time for Mr. Ney. However, he's taking the "moral" highway by admitting his guilt.
WASHINGTON - Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday to at least one criminal charge in an election-year congressional corruption investigation, Republican officials said Thursday night.
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The Republican officials said they were not certain whether Ney intended to admit guilt to more than one charge, or precisely what offense would be involved in any plea agreement. They said a prison sentence was not out of the question.
Two officials said Ney would admit to having filed a false disclosure report with the House of Representatives in connection with a 2002 golfing trip to Scotland that Abramoff paid for.
And the juicy fruit election news tied into the article...
Any guilty plea would almost certainly renew public attention on a Republican-heavy corruption investigation that has unfolded slowly in the months leading to the midterm elections. Democrats have long vowed to make ethics an issue in the campaign.
Ney would become the first member of Congress to plead guilty in the probe. A second lawmaker, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., is at the center of a separate investigation involving alleged bribery. He has not been charged and denies all wrongdoing.
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Let's hope this brings the entire Abramoff scandal back into the minds of the voters. It would be another front for the RNC, RSCC, and RCCC to spend money on defense, not offense.
Let's not sit on our hands; blog, blog, blog away. Tell your friends, coworkers, family members, and anyone 18 or older who will listen that this cannot be tolerated.
Its not a political issue. Its a test of ethics.