Congressman in Abramoff Probe Says He Won’t Resign “Rep. John Doolittle, bucking pundits in The Wall Street Journal, The Sacramento Bee and other newspapers, said Thursday that he wouldn’t resign his seat in the House of Representatives because investigators were looking at his wife and him in the ramped-up federal corruption investigation arising out of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. ‘There is no way I am stepping down,’ Doolittle declared in a telephone news conference with California reporters. ‘I am not resigning. Absolutely not.'” (McClatchy Newspapers)Ex-Aide Could Be Liability for Doolittle “As Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) awaits prosecutors’ next move in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal, his future is tied to that of a former aide who also worked with Abramoff. Kevin Ring, Doolittle’s one-time legislative director, quit his lobbying job last month, the same day FBI agents raided Doolittle’s Virginia home.” (Associated Press)
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