May 25, 2006
Dennis Hastert's Letter to Gale Norton Opposing Indian Casino Expansion
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
Below you will find the alleged letter that Dennis Hastert sent to oppose
Indian Casino expansion that would have potentially cut into the profits
of one of Abramoff's clients. It is dated
6/10/2003 and signed by Hastert, Tom DeLay, Roy Blunt and Eric Cantor.
The subject of the letter -- and its relationship to Abramoff clients
and donations to the GOP -- are reportedly the basis for a report that
the FBI is probing Hastert. Although, the timing of the ABC News report
about FBI interest in Hastert is probably more related to Hastert's public
outrage about the FBI breaking into a Congressman's office than it is
to the letter, which has allegedly been public for sometime.
In short,
Hastert may or may not be knee deep in the Abramoff scandal, but the
FBI wasn't very interested in fingering him publicly until Hastert
all of a sudden became concerned about the Constitutional separation
of powers.
Interesting, isn't it?
Click here to download a PDF of the 2-page letter.
Click here to download a PDF of the 2-page letter.
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS