Jack Abramoff Guam investigation
- Jack Abramoff Guam investigation
The Jack Abramoff Guam investigation involves an alleged plot by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others to control the functions of the courts in Guam. A federal grand jury investigation was halted in 2002 when the prosecutor was removed from office by the George W. Bush administration.
In 2002, Abramoff was retained under a secret contract by the Guam Superior Court to lobby against a bill proposing to put the Superior Court under the authority of the Guam Supreme Court.
The $324,000 was paid to Abramoff through a Laguna Beach, California, lawyer by means of 36 checks of $9,000 each. If done to avoid the federal reporting requirements for payment transfers this would constitute illegal 'structuring' under 31 USC 5324(a). [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode31/usc_sec_31_00005324----000-.html] The form of payment might also be illegal if it was used to evade federal contracting rules requiring an open tender for contracts over $10,000.
On November 18 2002, a grand jury issued a subpoena demanding that the administrator of the Guam Superior Court release all records relating to the contract.
On November 19 2002, U.S. Attorney Frederick A. Black, the chief prosecutor for Guam and the instigator of the indictment, was unexpectedly demoted and removed from the office he had held since 1991. The federal grand jury investigation was quickly wound down and took no further action.
In May 2003 Black was succeeded by Leonardo Rapadas at the recommendation of the Guam Republican Party. He was confirmed without any debate. Fred Radewagen, a lobbyist who had been under contract to the Gutierrez administration, said he carried that recommendation to top Bush aide Karl Rove in early 2003. [cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/08/bush_removal_ended_guam_investigation/|title= Bush removal ended Guam investigation|date=August 8, 2005|publisher=Boston Globe|author=Walter F. Roche Jr.]
In 2005, Public Auditor Doris Flores Brooks initiated a new investigation of the Abramoff contract which is continuing.
ee also
*Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy
*Politics of Guam
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