William Myers and Jack Abramoff

News articles link Ninth Circuit nominee William Myers to lobbyist Jack Abramoff

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee wants judicial nominee William G. Myers III to explain discrepancies between his testimony before the committee and Denver Post reports regarding contact between Myers and lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The contact took place at a dinner party in 2001, while Myers was still serving as the Interior Department's Solicitor.

• Read emails regarding the Sept. 24, 2001 dinner party attended by Abramoff and Myers
• Read Myers's denial of meeting Abramoff, and showing the dinner party on Myers's schedule
• Read Sen. Leahy's request for clarification
• December 13, 2006 story from the Associated Press declares "Road to 9th Circuit for Idaho lawyer may be at an end"
• Idaho Statesman editorial (12/13/06) cites Abramoff ties as one more reason to oppose Myers's confirmation

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