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Safavian, the [[Bush administration]]’s "top federal procurement officer" in the Office of Management and Budget, was arrested September 19, 2005, "based on a three-count criminal complaint filed in federal court, according to a [[Justice Department]] [http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2005/September/05_crm_490.htm statement]." [http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/092005/brief1.html]
"The Jack Abramoff [[lobbying]] scandal reached into the White House," [[Dan Froomkin ]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/09/20/BL2005092000753_pf.html wrote] in the September 20, 2005, ''Washington Post'', "picking off" President Bush's "top procurement official -- who just barely had time to resign before being arrested."
"The complaint, filed by the [[FBI]], alleges that David H. Safavian, 38, a White House procurement official involved until last week in [[Hurricane Katrina]] relief efforts, made repeated false statements to government officials and investigators about a golf trip with Abramoff to Scotland in 2002," R. Jeffrey Smith and Susan Schmidt [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/19/AR2005091901859.html wrote] in the September 20, 2005, ''Washington Post''.
*[["Team Abramoff"]]
==External Linkslinks ==
===Profiles===
*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/results/leadership/bio_390.html The President & His Leadership Team: "David Safavian -- General Services Administration, Chief of Staff of the General Services Administration,"] White House Appointee Directory.
