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Back in 2005, when I was covering the Jack Abramoff Senate hearing, I discovered (and blogged on) a meeting between John Weaver and Karl Rove which led to John McCain, chair of the Senate Indian Affairs, endorsing George W. Bush. The deal that was made by Weaver and Rove? /1
Bush would support McCain as a GOP presidential candidate in 2008 GOP, if McCain would stop using his committee to investigate Bush’s very close ties with Abramoff. McCain reigned in the scope of the hearings, and placed a 15 year seal on all the committee records.
McCain stopped all investigations into Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed’s criminality, since those roads led to the Bush Administration’s clear involvement in Abramoff’s activities, which went well beyond grifting tribes, and even implicated voting suppression.
McCain and Weaver joined Bush and Rove on the campaign trail the day after sealing the Senate records.
It’s been more than 15 years now. Someone might want to see if those records are now unsealed.
It’s been more than 15 years now. Someone might want to see if those records are now unsealed.
I know a lot of people were willing to overlook Weaver’s past because of the good he’s done with the Lincoln Project. But there still needs to accountability for misdeeds—including potential crimes—especially those fraudulently concealed BT (Before Trump).
The inappropriate grooming of young men is horrible. But so is manipulating justice for power.
Btw, why 15 years? McCain would be comfortably through his second term as President.
Despite having taken down Wampum years ago, I found receipts in the Way Back Machine. Here's a synopsis of my research: https://web.archive.org/web/20080719232829/http://wampum.wabanaki.net/vault/2006/09/003070.html
