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Ex-Abramoff associate pleads guilty in Montana
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Shawn Vasell, a former associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a former staffer for Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana), pleaded guilty to poaching and trespassing in Montana, The Helena Independent Record reports.
Vasell pleaded guilty to one count of hunting without a license and a second count of hunting on private property without landowner consent, the paper said. He fined $670 and had to pay $500 restitution and cannot hunt, fish or trap in Montana for two years.
Vasell's crimes came to light after information about his hunting trip to Montana was posted on a web site. The page has since been removed from the Internet. [
The
D.C. Lobbyist and the Thanksgiving Deer].
Vasell appeared at a June 22, 2005, Senate Indian Affairs Committee
hearing on the Abramoff scandal but refused to testify. He no longer works for Greenberg
Traurig but is now a lobbyist for Hewlett Packard.
Get the Story:
Ex-Burns, Abramoff staffer pleads guilty in poaching case
(The Helena Independent Record 12/21)
Relevant Links:
Sen. Conard Burns -
http://burns.senate.govMontana
Democratic Party -
http://www.montanademocrats.org
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