Abramoff pleaded guilty to defrauding his lobbying clients, breaking federal lobbying laws and conspiring to bribe lawmakers and congressional aides with campaign contributions, meals, trips and sports tickets.
Jack Abramoff, the central figure in an influence-peddling scandal with reverberations throughout Washington, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges and agreed to help prosecutors investigate the activities of top US lawmakers, including Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader
