From the Republic:
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff says in the April edition of Vanity Fair that he had a long and contentious relationship with Sen. John McCain, and believes the Arizona Republican deliberately humiliated him.
Abramoff, who once represented several Indian tribes with casinos, pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal felony charges related to congressional influence peddling.
In the several-page-long article, the lobbyist says he believes a series of high-profile hearings McCain held examining whether he defrauded his Indian clients were unfair, and he implies they were motivated by a personal grudge.
Although McCain’s staff denies the senator knew Abramoff, the lobbyist says he had met McCain several years back. Abramoff says he raised money for President Bush in 2000 and urged tribes not to contribute to McCain, Bush’s opponent in the primary that year.
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“Mr. Abramoff flatters himself,” McCain’s chief of staff, Mark Salter, responds in the article.