A former high-ranking Justice Department official was accused Monday of criminal conflict of interest in the latest case stemming from the investigation of disgraced GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Robert Coughlin was deputy chief of staff of the DOJ's criminal division -- the division handling the Abramoff probe -- before resigning a year ago. Prosecutors accused Coughlin of giving assistance to a lobbyist and the lobbyist's firm while receiving gifts from the firm and discussing prospective employment there.
April 22, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
A former high-ranking Justice Department official was accused Monday of criminal conflict of interest in the latest case stemming from the investigation of disgraced GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Robert Coughlin was deputy chief of staff of the Justice Department’s criminal division — the same division handling the Abramoff probe — before resigning a year ago, citing personal reasons. He was due in federal court in Washington on Tuesday for a plea hearing.
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