The Washington Post’s James V. Grimaldi was part of a coterie of reporters who broke story after story after story on super-duper-mega-uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s vast web of influence peddling. Now Grimaldi’s writing a relatively more favorable Abramoff story– the Justice Dept. is seeking to reduce his prison sentence from almost six years to almost four. The reason is Abramoff has spilled the beans about Rep. Bob Ney (R-Oh.). He’s also apparently cooperating in an ongoing probe into former House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-Tx.).

With his fedora and black trenchcoat, Abramoff often seemed to affect the style of organized criminals. So it would be fitting if he got off for ratting out his old friends in Congress.-MB

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