In August of 2002, Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) requested that Jack Abramoff put together one of his famous Scotland junkets. But when the time came to disclose his trip, Ney couldn’t just put “junket” down on the House disclosure form, no. So he wrote that the official purpose “included giving a ‘speech to Scottish Parliamentarians’ and visiting the British Parliament during a London stopover.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=183609