David Safavian: Articles & Commentary

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David Safavian, nominated by President George W. Bush as Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on January 22, 2004, resigned on September 16, 2005, and was arrested September 19, 2005, for making "repeated false statements to government officials and investigators about a golf trip" to Scotland he took in 2002 with Jack Abramoff.[1]

On June 20, 2006, Safavian was found guilty of lying about his ties to convicted lobbyist, Jack Abramoff.[2]

According to a new five-count felony indictment dated October 5, 2005, Safavian was charged with "obstructing a GSA proceeding, obstructing a U.S. Senate proceeding, and making false statements, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced."

Sources

  1. "Abramoff’s corruption spreads to the Bush administration", Capetbagger Report, September 20th, 2005.
  2. "US aide lied about lobbyist links" BBC News, June 21, 2006.

Articles & Commentary

2003

2004

2005

Note: Safavian is being referred to by the AP, and repeated by the Washington Post and New York Times, as being a "former" White House official, when, in fact, he resigned just before he was arrested.

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