As we mentioned last week, former Karl Rove assistant and Jack Abramoff aide Susan Ralston is angling for immunity from the House Committee on Overight and Government Reform. It now appears that she is definitely willing to testify, and indeed does have information of interest...but first she wants that immunity.
During a May 10 deposition with Ralston, her attorney, Bradford Berenson, told investigators for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that she "has material, useful information" about contacts between Abramoff and his associates and White House officials, according to a memo sent to committee members Tuesday by the committee's chairman, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California.
Berenson also said Ralston has useful information about the use of outside Republican National Committee e-mail accounts by White House staffers, which is also the subject of a congressional probe, according to the memo.
However, Ralston will only be "comfortable going forward" if she is given a grant of immunity, Berenson told investigators, according to the memo.
Ralston was Abramoff's executive assistant until 2001, when she went to work for Rove on Abramoff's recommendation. More than half of the contacts between Team Abramoff and the White House were made through her. I can't wait to hear what she has to say.
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