House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings wants convicted felon and former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff to testify before Congress, he said in a letter sent to Rep. Darrell Issa on Thursday.
“During the Committee’s previous investigations, we did not obtain testimony from Mr. Abramoff,” Cummings said in the letter. “The Department of Justice requested that the Committee defer its efforts to obtain testimony from Mr. Abramoff while the Department continued its criminal investigations, and the Committee responsibly agreed to that request. Now that these investigations have concluded, there is no longer any impediment to Mr. Abramoff appearing before the Committee.”
