The Politico reported that Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) is not getting Abramoff-related documents from the Bush administration:

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says the White House is improperly withholding roughly more than 600 pages of documents related to imprisoned former GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and he wants them handed over to his committee by Nov. 6.

In a letter today to White House Counsel Fred Fielding, Waxman said, "The White House is withholding hundreds of pages of documents about the activities of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff on the grounds that these documents involve internal White House deliberations. Unless the president is prepared to assert executive privilege over these documents, they should be turned over to the Oversight Committee without further delay."

According to Waxman, current and former White House officials are refusing to cooperate with his committee's ongoing probe into Abramoff's dealings with the White  House.

Why would the Bush administration refuse to cooperate over its relationship with Abramoff?  Spokespersons for the Bush White House have continually downplayed the interactions between Bush, his staff and Abramoff.  But, the Bush staff did work closely with the Abramoff team.  In fact, the Abramoff crew considered then-White House Political Director Ken Mehlman a "rock star."

And then, the President did meet Abramoff: