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Abramoff, Part II?

K Street lobbyist closes up shop amid investigation.

Paul Magliocchetti, one of the biggest lobbyists on Washington’s K Street, will be shutting down his operation, the PMA Group, next week after recent a raid by the feds. Magliocchetti, whose ties to Congress include the influential Rep. John Murtha, is suspected of breaking campaign finance law by funneling illegal donations to friendly lawmakers. More important, the feds are rumored to be poring over his records to see if he broke ethics laws by doling out gifts to politicians—an investigation that could ensnare many of the D.C. elite.

Read it at The New York Times

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