First of all, I had to hear the news from a British newspaper before I saw it in the American media (not cool, dudes, but thanks, Guardian!). Second of all, the news itself:
Federal prosecutors took the first steps toward reducing the prison sentence of former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, currently scheduled for release in 2011 for a Florida fraud conviction.
The what? I mean, it's cool that Abramoff is cooperating with federal corruption investigators, but if "substantial assistance" turns into a "substantial sentence reduction," then I'm going to be one unhappy reformer. Perhaps my worries will be eased once we hear exactly what kind of sentence reduction we're talking about here...
There is good news, though:
Abramoff also has pleaded guilty to three federal charges arising from the Washington corruption probe. He has yet to been sentenced in that case.
Chew on that, Jack.
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