House Committee Probes Abrahmoff-Bush Ties

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House Committee Probes Abrahmoff-Bush Ties
July 15, 2006 at 11:44AM

A U.S. House committee wants to know what contacts convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his team had with the Bush White House, it was reported Saturday.

The House Government Reform Committee subpoenaed Abrahoff’s former law firm for billing records, the Washington Post reported.

The subpoena seeks all the billing records from the Greenberg Traurig law firm "referring or relating to matters involving Jack Abramoff or any person working with Jack Abramoff," as well as all records reflecting any contacts those lobbyists had with the Bush White House, the Post said.

The subpoena seeks records dating back to Jan. 1, 1998. Abramoff began working for Greenberg Traurig in 2001.

Committee Chairman Thomas Davis, R-Va., authorized the subpoena weeks ago, citing several of the law firm’s former clients who said they were notified the firm was turning over billing records, e-mails, phone logs and other material that reflected efforts to lobby the Bush administration.