Lynched!: The Shocking Story of How the Political Establishment Manufactured a Scandal to Have Republican Super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff Removed from Power

In 2006, Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty in two separate jurisdictions, Washington, DC and Florida, to various corruption charges in what has become the most high profile corruption scandal to ever grace Capitol Hill. Written by investigative journalist Susan Bradford, Lynched breaks new ground in the Abramoff scandal, revealing for the first time how a group of lobbyists, tribal dissidents, and the Washington Post conspired to have Abramoff and his conservative allies removed from power. The scandal broke in Indian Country, where liberals had been quietly building empires for close to a century. Through hundreds of tribes which are scattered throughout the country, liberals were surreptitiously working with the nation's industrialists to raise capital and project Socialism into the United States. Known as “ground zero” of the Abramoff scandal, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan was drenched in a pattern of fraud which has been replicated many times over throughout Indian tribes in the nation. This book exposes the fraud and explains why the scandal broke here, beginning with the story of how a group of non-Indians took over this tribe and its wealth with the assistance of lobbyists, legislators, agency officials, and other powerful individuals on Capitol Hill and how the Natives fought back to reclaim their heritage. Bradford also reveals why Abramoff's efforts on behalf of this tribe so upset the liberal status quo, that the Native-American establishment endeavored to remove him permanently from Indian Country. The scandal played out in the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, where Sen. John McCain, a pillar of the tribal gaming establishment, held all the levers of power, and witnesses were allowed to perjure themselves without consequence. Through a gripping narrative filled with many unexpected twists and turns and explosive revelations, Lynched reveals the extent to which separation of powers and the U.S. system of justice are under assault in the United States. This book demonstrates in astonishing detail how special interests aligned to influence the courts, political offices, the media, Congressional Committees, and federal agencies to manufacture a scandal which furthered their political agenda and railroaded an enormously influential conservative lobbyist into prison on trumped up charges. This long awaited book is the culmination of four years of research and interviews with over 400 sources, who participated or were otherwise privy to the key events in question. The Abramoff investigation is like an onion. Peel off one layer, and another lies underneath. This book provides the complete story of the Abramoff scandal in all of its complexity. Names will be named. Secrets will be revealed. For more information, visit www.susanbradford.org.