Burns continuing payments to his lawyer in Abramoff investigation
Conrad Burns maintains that he is not a target of the Justice Department. That doesn't mean he's not being investigated. Something is keeping his lawyer busy according to TPM Muckraker:
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) has spent at least $91,500 in campaign funds on a white collar defense lawyer this year.
Last November, both The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported that Burns is on the short list for Abramoff investigators. Burns finally hired defense attorney Ralph Caccia of Powell Goldstein in April of this year. At the time, Burns' spokesman said that Caccia had been retained to "[help] review all the facts in this matter."
The review must be continuing, as Burns' recent FEC disclosure shows a $27,460 payment to Caccia's firm in September. Together with the $64,000 that Burns had paid out since April, that makes approximately $91,500 in fees.
This is not fair
If Conrad Burns is going to be indicted, which I believe he probably will be, it is not fair to Montanans ( I am one ) that he is running for an office he will be shamed out of. Montana can be a very quirky state, he wasnt supposed to win the last time and did.
Tina
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Unethical Conrad Burns
If Conrad gets elected next week it will indeed be a sad day for the people of Montana. He is a major embarrasment and is as greedy as they come. Burns won't even give back his illgotten gaines from Enron-quess he feels like he "earned it". What a loser.