I'm not into all the details of the Abramoff scandal, so there's no analysis by me. I'm pretty much just waiting for the main events to happen. Trying to keep track of the CIA Leak case is daunting enough.
Anyway, thought I'd post this news, in case you hadn't heard this morning:
AP is reporting that Senator Dorgan Returns Tribes' Donations
A few grafs below the fold
The top Democrat on the Senate committee investigating Jack Abramoff's Indian lobbying is returning $67,000 in donations in response to Associated Press reports that he collected tribal money around the time he took actions favorable to those Abramoff clients.
While Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., never met Abramoff and didn't take any actions at the lobbyist's behest, he nonetheless wants to return the money to avoid any appearances that tribal money was directed to him by the controversial lobbyist, his office said Tuesday. [...]
The return of the money was first reported in Tuesday editions of The Forum in Fargo, N.D. Dorgan told the newspaper he did not want to "knowingly keep even one dollar in contributions if there is even a remote possibility that they could have been the result of any action Mr. Abramoff might have taken."
My analysis: He did the right thing, but I'm wondering why it took so long.
If you haven't seen it yet, hop on over to WAPO's excellent graphic, and visual spread, on How Abramoff Spread the Wealth.