The Failed Pacifist

Judge Hindering Abramoff Investigation?

The AP is reporting that U.S. District Judge Paul Huck is refusing to delay Jack Abramoff's prison sentence, even though federal prosecutors say he is "providing information about officials whose names hadn't yet surfaced in the case." The Judge indicates delaying the sentencing would be giving Mr. Abramoff special treatment.

During Thursday's court hearing in Miami, Ed Nucci, acting chief of the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, did not mention any targets of the Abramoff case. He told the judge, however, that with the disgraced former lobbyist behind bars, "what we need from Mr. Abramoff will be impossible to get."

posted by Doran @ 10:27 AM