Lobbyist Abramoff to Plead Guilty

To Charges in Florida Fraud Case

By AP from the WSJ.com January 3, 2006

MIAMI -- Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to two criminal charges stemming from the 2000 purchase of SunCruz Casinos.
 

Mr. Abramoff will also agree to cooperate in any ongoing federal investigations in Washington, said his Miami attorney Neal Sonnett.  Prosecutors there are investigating several members of Congress who received favors from Mr. Abramoff or his clients.

Mr. Abramoff will plead guilty to two of the six charges in a federal indictment, Sonnett said.  U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck has scheduled a telephone status conference for later Tuesday.

"We'll be announcing that we have a plea agreement,'' Mr. Sonnett said in a telephone interview.

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