| For Immediate Release 3/22/2005 |
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| DeLay associate under close investigation by Senate Finance Committee | |||
| Abramoff activities and relationships detailed in NCRP quarterly now under Senate's magnifying glass | |||
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Jack Abramoff was faxed a letter by the Senate Finance Committee on March 16, 2005, requesting more information about his nonprofit, the Capital Athletic Foundation, as part of the Committee's oversight of tax-exempt organizations. The Committee's investigations into the nonprofit sector continue amid waves of interrelated media coverage of the alleged ethical misconduct of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and his connection to Abramoff and Indian tribes' millions, and the struggle over control of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Abramoff's connections, and the questionable activities of CAF, were discussed in a Responsive Philanthropy article in the fall of 2004, "Abramoff: Well-Connected to the Well-Heeled of the Right," written by NCRP executive director, Rick Cohen. In the faxed letter, Abramoff was asked to explain conflicting information that was found in CAF's 990-PFs, some of which Cohen had pointed out in the abovementioned article. Among the Committee's requests are:
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