Seems we hadn't heard too much about Jack Abramoff for awhile.  Now, his name is popping up in the news again almost every day.  Today's report is that a former high-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice, Robert Coughlin, is the latest person to be charged with an Abramoff-related crime: [1]

Federal prosecutors have charged a former Justice Department official with an alleged conflict of interest for his connections with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff's law firm, according to documents filed in the case.

Robert E. Coughlin II was the former deputy chief of staff for the Justice Department's criminal division, which oversaw the department's prosecution of Abramoff, former Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, and 11 related cases stemming from the influence peddling scandal.

Officials say Coughlin was recused from the Abramoff investigation.

Recused from the Abramoff investigation, but now he's part of it.