Jack Abramoff
Jack Abramoff
Jack Allan Abramoffis a former American lobbyist, businessman, movie producer and writer. He was at the center of an extensive corruption investigation that led to his conviction and to 21 people either pleading guilty or being found guilty, including White House officials J. Steven Griles and David Safavian, U.S. Representative Bob Ney, and nine other lobbyists and Congressional aides...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 February 1958
CityAtlantic City, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
I can't afford to be a member of a golf course.
I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.
I know I'm intellectually capable of finding a series of things and making hundreds of millions. I have to get there and do it. Carefully. Legally.
I might dream, but I am no dreamer.
Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.
Human beings are weak.
As a lobbyist, I thought it only natural and right that my clients should reward those members who saved them such substantial sums with generous contributions. This quid pro quo became one of hallmarks of our lobbying efforts.
Everybody's a complex person. Everybody. Everybody's nuanced.
Democrats don't react the same way Republicans do, because they are not forced to react the same way Republicans are forced to react. They get to be as corrupt as, basically, they want, and just ignore it.
It's very difficult for felons to live in society.
The hope in radio is to build an audience over a number of years, a slow build to see if something works.
Washington's a dangerous place.
You can't take a congressman to lunch for $25 and buy him a hamburger or a steak or something like that. But you can take him to a fund-raising lunch and not only buy him that steak, but give him $25,000 extra and call it a fund-raiser - and have all the same access and all the same interactions with that congressman.
I'm not trying to become popular.