So Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) pled guilty. But is he cooperating?
I talked to Melanie Sloan, a former federal prosecutor who now runs the D.C.-based watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Ney’s getting a pretty light sentence, she said — but what’s more, he’s hardly giving anything up: There’s no line in the plea agreement stating Ney would snitch to prosecutors on anyone but himself, unlike the earlier pleas of Jack Abramoff and others.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=182488