Follow POL on Twitter The Washington Examiner's Tim Carney argues that Jack Abramoff's colleague Kevin Ring is being unfairly prosecuted under the extremely broad federal wire fraud law for the legal act of lobbying in bad company.
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Bridget Carroll Press Officer, Manhattan Institute bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org |
