The prison door will close behind Jack Abramoff November 15th, starting an at least nine year sentence behind bars.
But that doesn’t mean that prosecutors are done with him. Their sprawling investigation is far from over. So they’ve asked, and a judge has granted their motion, to have Abramoff placed in a Maryland prison. Prosecutors recommended a prison in Cumberland, Maryland, a medium security facility.
“Mr. Abramoffâs incarceration there will facilitate the governmentâs access to him and, therefore, the ongoing investigation,” prosecutors wrote. Judge Paul C. Huck granted the motion Monday.
Abramoff’s sentence relates to his forgery of a wire transfer related to his purchase of a Florida casino boat company. He has not yet been sentenced for charges relating to his corrupt lobbying practice.
