Jack Abramoff won’t be seeing a prison cell until 2007 (long after the midterm elections), since prosecutors would like him free for much more cooperation.
As MSNBC reports, prosecutors have asked the judge to postpone Abramoff’s prison date until January at the earliest — he had been due to report October 2nd. Abramoff has already been sentenced to five years, ten months for fraud charges arising from his catastrophic purchase of a Florida gambling company; but he’s yet to be sentenced for his role in bribing public officials. So in addition to postponing Abramoff’s prison date, prosecutors have also asked to defer setting a sentencing date for their bribery case as he continues to cooperate, naming names.
Abramoff will ultimately face a sentence of between 9 1/2 and 11 years, depending on his cooperation.
