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A lawsuit filed by a tribal business entity against a law firm and one of its shareholders reads like a movie script filled with allegations of putting millions of dollars at risk, inciting threats and intimidation against tribal councilors, a scheme to transfer the company’s assets to another tribe, and even the shooting of two horses on an Indian reservation in northern Montana. The lawsuit was filed by Fort Belknap Indian Community Planning and Development Corporation, d/b/a Indian Mo...

Covert operation. her relationship with erickson turned romantic. whether he was duped by his young lover who used him for political connections or lured into a spy operation to influence politics ahead of the 2016 election is unclear. erickson is nearly twice butinas age. >> if you want poushwer, if you want influence, you see a candidate you like, show up and work for them. >> reporter: after growing up in south dakota and graduating from yale, he sought to make a name for himself in gop polit...

Fair elections now act and other state level reforms, including new york state or new york city, rather, have those kind of programs that basically take the millionaires out of giving directly to candidates, and that reduces corruption. they may be able to spend on their own voice, maybe their movies, make their ads, but if we dont have people flying on planes together and feeling that they owe someone hundreds of thousands of dollars for bundling, theres a lot less of that second door, the corr...

Behavior of people in washington, not just washington but members of congress and a whole lot of people, most americans would be dumbfounded. >> all of those folks should be barred completely from not only giving campaign contributions but any gra twoty, any favor, anything to people who are public servants in washington. i think thats part of what i talk about. but thats essential. if one doesnt stop it, because at the end of the day, governor, its all bribe bring. whether you are giving a camp...

People in the world do. power is heavily concentrated there. one of the things thats essential and the only way to really fix things is to somehow get rid of the things that washington is doing, diffuse the power and send it back to the state. because the more power they have, the more things they are doing, the more lobbyists there are. you have to have the 3500 lobbyists because they are doing many things. there is plenty of business for them because of the centralization. >> jack abramhoff, h...

Share of crooked characters and corrupt cronies, but none more infamous in recent years than jack abramhoff. a highly influential lobbyist with close ties to the bush administration and ranking congressman, he would make deals with powerful politicians, often promising high paying jobs in the future. he would give lavish gifts in exchange for political favors, including tax breaks for his clients. >> he gave things of value to public officials, including foreign and domestic trips, campaign cont...

Jack abramhoff. conservative voters, i know youre not my big heest fans. i know you watch because i can tell from the hate mail. this is meant as advice and i mean it in a big-hearted way, legitimate way. im a liberal. i would love for herman cain to be the republican partys nominee for president this year. part of me tells me i should shut up, right? just as an american if i speak to you as a conservative voter i want you to know, these guys are pros. if youre one of those people who wrote a le...

Jack aber mof is out of federal prison and promoting his new book about his crimes. he got guys like tim phillips and ralph reed, jack abramhoff worked with those guys to dupe conservative voters into supporting the interests of their lobbying clients. they would get voters who hated gambling, for instance, to oppose some specific gambling association. it will held eliminate the competition for the casinos they were working for. ralph reed is supposed to be a christian leader. it couldnt look li...