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RALPH REED GOT $5 MILLION FROM ABRAMOFFRALPH REED GOT $5 MILLION FROM ABRAMOFF DEALS; NORQUIST HIT TOO - OHIO REP NAILED

John Byrne and Ron BrynaertPublished: Thursday June 22, 2006

Update: A bipartisan Senate report released on Thursday documents more than $5 million in payments to Ralph Reed, the former director of the Christian Coalition and a longtime Republican Party strategist, from an influence-peddling scheme by the corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff on behalf of Indian tribe casinos, the New York Times will report Friday, RAW STORY has learned.

The report by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee describes Reed as a central figure in Abramoff's lobbying operations for Indian casinos.

According to the last page of the 373-page final report issued by Senator John McCain and his Senate Indian Affairs Committee in an investigation into tribal lobbying matters related to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his former partners, a few nonprofit organizations may have run astray of the Internal Revenue Service.

"In the course of its investigation, this Committee uncovered numerous instances of nonprofit organizations that appeared to be involved in activities unrelated to their mission as described to the Internal Revenue Service," the report says (PDF link, p. 373).

"In addition, the Committee observed that a number of nonprofit organizations were used as instruments to channel money from one entity to another in an effort to obscure the source of funds, the eventual use of funds, and to evade tax liability on funds," the report continues. "Finally, the Committee also observed tax exempt organizations apparently serving as or being used as extensions of for-profit lobbying operations."

According to the report, on Feb. 9, 2006 "a number of relevant documents pertaining to this issue" were forwarded to the Senate Committee on Finance, recommending it to "investigate, hold hearings, and report to the Senate on its findings."

Although the nonprofits aren't specifically cited at that portion of the report, documents collected in a PDF file indicate that a prominent anti-tax group is now under the microscope.
The following email shows president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) Grover Norquist asking for money from Indian tribes, clients of fallen lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

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