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Former Vice Presidential Chief of Staff, Special Assistant to the President for National Security
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Known to have discussed the classified identity of a CIA officer with at least one member of the media. Indicted on 5 counts
of lying to obstruct a federal investigation into said discussion(s).
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Resigned all White House jobs following indictments
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Former Deputy White House Chief of Staff
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Known to have discussed the classified identity of a CIA officer with at least one member of the media. Under deep suspicion of lying to obstruct a federal investigation into said discussion(s).
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Has apparently
dodged an indictment. Was recently reassigned to a lesser set
of responsibilities in the White House
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National Security Advisor
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Under deep suspicion of having discussed the classified identity of a CIA officer with at least one member of the media.
Under deep suspicion of lying to obstruct a federal investigation into said discussion(s).
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Not denying having discussed classified identity with member(s) of the media
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Richard Armitage
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Former Deputy U.S. Secretary of State
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Admitted to discussing the classified identity of a CIA agent with one member
of the media.
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Named as defendant in a civil suit filed by the former undercover CIA agent.
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Former Republican Majority Leader, US House of Representatives
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Indicted on 3 counts of money laundering in an effort to purchase more seats in the US House of Representatives for Republicans
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Resigned leadership post following indictments. Remains a member of the House of Representatives. Will not seek re-election this November.
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Republican Majority Leader, US Senate
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Under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for appearing to have taken advantage of inside information
to profit from the sale of stock in a hospital chain owned by his family
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Republican lobbyist, former press secretary to Tom DeLay
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Pleaded guilty to stealing millions of dollars from Indian tribes (who he privately referred to as "monkeys" and "troglodytes")
on whose behalf he had promised to lobby Congress for legislation favorable to their casino-building ambitions
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Cooperating with federal investigators looking deeper into the crime
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Pleaded guilty to wire fraud in lying to lenders helping him buy a riverboat casino. Cooperating with federal investigation
into the bribery of four Republican members of Congress, including Tom DeLay and Ohio Representative Bob Ney.
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Sentenced to 6 years in prison.
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Former head, White House Office of Federal Procurement Policy
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Convicted of four counts of lying to federal investigators about accepting
a vacation to Scotland (along with Bob Ney and various Republican activists) as a bribe for helping Jack Abramoff buy 40 acres
of federally-owned land.
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Sentenced to 18 months in prison.
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Tony Rudy
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Republican Lobbyist, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Tom DeLay
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Pleaded guilty to bribing a Republican US congressman -- widely believed to be Bob Ney -- and to accepting
bribes from Jack Abramoff to pursuade Tom DeLay to take actions favorable to some of Abramoff's clients.
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Awaiting sentencing.
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Bob Ney
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US Representative (R-OH)
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Pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Jack Abramoff and his partners
in exchange for overlooking human rights abuses by clothing manufacturers in the American territory of the Northern Mariana
Islands.
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Has entered rehab for alcohol addiction. Remains member of U.S. House
of Representatives. Will not seek re-election this November.
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US Representative (R-CA), Member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and Intelligence Committee
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Pleaded guilty to accepting nearly $2.5 million in bribes to steer federal contracts toward certain defense industry
firms. One such firm, military and national security intelligence specialist MZM, was paid $145,000 to buy furniture for the
White House. As the investigation into Cunningham's activities got underway, Tom DeLay praised him as a "hero" and "an honorable
man of high integrity."
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Sentenced to 8 years in prison.
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Katherine Harris
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US Representative (R-FL)
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Under suspicion of accepting bribes from MZM (in the form of campaign contributions)
in exchange for a government contract.
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Denying having knowingly accepted illegal campaign contributions. Claiming that she is on a mission from God, has decided
to rely on funds from her own personal fortune for her upcoming US Senate campaign.
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Claude Allen
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Former Domestic Policy Advisor to the President
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Arrested for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of items from chain retail stores.
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Pleaded guilty to one count of theft. Ordered to pay $500 fine, plus pay back
Target for the $850 he stole from them.
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Brian Doyle
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Deputy Press Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security
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Arrested for trying to seduce a 14-year-old girl online.
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Placed on administrative leave.
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Mark Foley
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US Representative (R-FL), Chairman, House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children
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Under extremely deep suspicion of attempting to seduce a 16 year-old boy online.
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Resigned from the US House of Representatives immediately following the discovery
of sexually explicit emails from Foley to the 16-year-old. Has checked-in to rehab for alcoholism.
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Dennis Hastert
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Under suspicion of covering-up previous sexually explicit communications between
Rep. Mark Foley and other teenagers.
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After first denying having prior knowledge of the communications, is now
suggesting that the previous communications were not serious enough to warrant action on the part of GOP leadership.
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Ted Haggard
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Former President, National Association of Evangelicals
Spiritual Advisor to President George W. Bush
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Under deep suspicion of soliciting the services of a male
prostitute monthly over a three-year period. Under deep suspicion of using crystal methamphetamine, a controlled substance,
during trysts with the prostitute.
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Admitted to purchasing, but not using, crystal meth. Admits
to receiving massages, but not sex, from the prostitute. Resigned his position as President of the National Association
of Evangelicals.
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Don Sherwood
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US Representative (R-PA)
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Under deep suspicion of choking his mistress in his
home on September 15, 2004.
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Claims to have only given his mistress a backrub on the
night in question. Has paid her a quarter of a million dollars in hush money, promising to pay her another quarter million
if she remains quiet at least until after the November election.
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Kyle "Dusty" Foggo
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Former Executive Director of the CIA
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Under investigation by the FBI, IRS, CIA, Defense Department, and US Justice Department for possibly accepting prostitutes
as bribes in exchange for awarding a CIA contract to a company run by his friend Brent Wilkes -- who also runs MZM.
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Resigned his post days after his boss, CIA Director Porter Goss, had inexplicably and abruptly done the same.
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James Tobin
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Former Field Director, Northeast Region, National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
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Convicted on two counts of conspiring to make harrassing phone calls in connection with a scheme to jam the phone lines
of New Hampshire Democratic activists who were trying to pull-off a get-out-the-vote drive for the 2002 US Senatorial
election. Known to have made dozens of phone calls to the White House's political affairs office -- headed at the time by
Ken Mehlman, now the chairman of the Republican National Committee -- in the days leading up to and following the election.
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Sentenced to ten months in prison.
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Bernie Kerik
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Former Nominee, US Secretary of Homeland Security
Former Commissioner, New York City Police Department
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Pled guilty to two ethics charges, including accepting a $165,000 "gift" from a construction company looking to do business
with his employer, the City of New York. Under suspicion of involvement in or connection with insider trading, sexual
harassment, organized crime, and use of police property for personal reasons.
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Withdrew acceptance of nomination 10 days after receiving it, blaming an earlier undisclosed decision to hire an illegal
immigrant as a nanny. Ordered to pay a $220,000 fine.
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Ken Lay
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Former CEO, Enron Corporation
Top "Pioneer" fund-raiser, Bush-Cheney 2000 Campaign
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Convicted of 10 counts of fraud in connection with various schemes to hide the truth about the company's operations
from investors. Under deep suspicion of ripping-off the state of California for billions of dollars in energy overcharges.
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Dead.
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