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Abramoff probe ongoing. Rep. Feeney (R-FL) spending lots of money to "voluntarily cooperate"

Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) was named one of the most corrupt members of Congress in CREW's report, Beyond DeLay, in part because of his relationship with the notorious Jack Abramoff.  That relationship continues to haunt -- and cost -- Feeney according to ABC News

A possible sign that the Jack Abramoff investigation continues to burrow into Capitol Hill, a congressman under scrutiny for his ties to the disgraced former Republican superlobbyist has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a legal firm specializing in forensic data recovery.

Since April, Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla., has paid over $90,000 to a Washington, D.C. office of FTI Consulting, through his re-election campaign and a separate legal defense fund he began in June, according to financial filings and a news account.

The payments were for helping Feeney "voluntarily cooperate" with federal prosecutors, according to Pepper Pennington, the congressman's spokeswoman.

Among its specialties, FTI provides "electronic evidence consulting focused on time-sensitive situations," "computer forensic services" and "e-mail reconstruction," according to the firm's Web site.

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