Former Ney Aide Continues to CooperateFederal prosecutors working the Jack Abramoff case are continuing to piece together their case against Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH).
Neil Volz, Ney’s former chief of staff who went to work for Abramoff, pled guilty in June for conspiring to bribe Ney, among other charges, and agreed to tell prosecutors everything he knew. A meeting to set his sentencing date had been scheduled for August 10th — last week.
But prosecutors and Volz’s lawyers have agreed to defer the meeting, so Volz can keep talking. As they wrote in a joint motion, “Mr. Volz has been cooperating with government agents and prosecutors. The government anticipates that Mr. Volzâs cooperation will continue for the foreseeable future.”
The judge agreed to postpone the status conference to November 2nd. In the meantime, Volz will be working with prosecutors to help them build their case against Ney and possibly other lawmakers.
