Ney, Reed Listed in Lobbying Trial Files
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- The names of Rep. Bob Ney and former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed spilled onto the public record in a federal criminal trial Friday, highlighting the peril politicians face in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
In the first case arising from the Abramoff influence-peddling probe, an FBI agent read out the names of the participants on a weeklong golf excursion to Scotland and London that Ney, R-Ohio, Reed and two of Ney's congressional staffers went on with Abramoff in August 2002.
Ney, who is under criminal investigation in the Abramoff scandal, is seeking re-election. Reed is running for Georgia lieutenant governor.
Reed's Republican opponent pounced on the development, challenging the former Christian Coalition leader to prove his assertion that he paid his own expenses on the trip. . ."
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