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By Matt Apuzzo
Washington, D.C. (AP)
A Republican environmental activist who arranged lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s entree into the Interior Department was sentenced during December to two months in a halfway house and four years probation.
Italia Federici, who pleaded guilty in June to tax evasion and obstructing a Senate investigation, was spared prison only because she has become a key witness in the Justice Department’s ongoing corruption investigation.
Washington, D.C. (AP)
A Republican environmental activist who arranged lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s entree into the Interior Department was sentenced during December to two months in a halfway house and four years probation.
Italia Federici, who pleaded guilty in June to tax evasion and obstructing a Senate investigation, was spared prison only because she has become a key witness in the Justice Department’s ongoing corruption investigation.
