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Official, Abramoff Associate, Arrested

By Montag | Related entries in Breaking News, General Politics

Corruption in DC. Who’d a thunk it?

David Hossein Safavian, the Bush administration’s top federal procurement officer in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), was arrested yesterday based on a three-count criminal complaint filed in federal court, according to a Justice Department statement.

The government alleges that Safavian, as chief of staff at the General Services Administration (GSA), helped an unnamed lobbyist acquire GSA-controlled property in and around Washington, D.C.

The Hill: official, Abramoff associate arrested


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