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Jack Abramoff to speak to N.C. audience about corruption

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

(Updated 5:34 am)

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RALEIGH (AP) — Disgraced Washington influence-peddler Jack Abramoff is telling a North Carolina audience about the Capitol Hill corruption in which he played a role.

The once powerful and notorious lobbyist suggests ways to reform the political system when he speaks Thursday at William Peace University in Raleigh.

Abramoff served more than three years of a six-year prison sentence after his 2006 conviction for bribing public officials and other crimes. He was released from prison in mid-2010. He's recently written a book about corruption in Washington.

Abramoff says the changed federal lobbying laws passed after he and nearly two dozen others were convicted aren't tough enough to keep special-interest power in check.

The event is co-hosted by the North Carolina Center for Voter Education and the Civitas Institute, a conservative Raleigh think tank.

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The_Doctor

February 9, 2012 - 6:28 am EST

People like Abramoff are more influential in politics than the office-holders. And that goes for both parties. The money-men are the real power.

And Abramoff says that the reforms to the finance regulations passed after his incident are insufficient. Gee, I wonder why? Could they be window dressing designed to placate the masses while leaving the money flow intact? Just a chance?