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Last night we discussed former Abramoff business partner Adam Kidan’s apparent decision to cop a plea in the SunCruz case and testify against Abramoff. TPM Reader JVO has a possible answer to my questions about the plea deal and the Boulis murder …

Josh,

I read the Sun Sentinal article as saying that Kidan would probably cop a plea with regards to federal charges he and Ambramoff face, then deal with the state murder rap afterwards. In other words, get all the non-murder charges off his plate in one swoop by turning in Jack…then deal with the murder charges as a seperate issue.

The plea(s) wouldn’t apply to the murder case, since the murder charge is state matter and the fraud/conspiracay charges are a federal matter.

Kidan is probably realizing that federal “white collar” charges are the least of his worries. Why not sign a plea now and get them out of the way so he can start preparing for the big trial with the hitmen? Plus, he needs some practice at turning on Jack. Pinning that murder on Abramoff will be no easy trick in the coming months. I guess their friendship has hit the skids, huh?

JVO

That makes. If anyone else has info on this, let me know.

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