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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 Mountain Development Group (IMDG) on September 11, 2023 in the Great Falls Division in the Montana U.S...

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 butina's 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 politics. he crossed pathings with now disgraced lobbyist jack abramhoff. erickson also launched investm...

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 don't have people flying on planes together and feeling that they owe someone hundreds of thousands of dollars for bundling, there's a lot less of that second door, the corruption door, and i think that's where the tangible action can be. >> larry, we -- there are -- the...

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 that's part of what i talk about. but that's essential. if one doesn't stop it, because at the end of the day, governor, it's all bribe bring. whether you are giving a campaign contribution or buying them dinner or taking them to the ballgame, it's bribery. it may not...

People in the world do. power is heavily concentrated there. one of the things that's 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, he's a name you are familiar with. he's been called everything imaginable, from creep, powerful stuf...