Fresh conviction in Abramoff scandal: aide traded favors for World Series trip
Christian Science Monitor
By Warren Richey
February 10, 2011
A former congressional staff member was convicted on Thursday of charges that he accepted an all-expenses paid trip to the 2003 World Series in exchange for inserting amendments favorable to a company into the Federal Highway Bill.
Fraser Verrusio was found guilty of all three counts in his indictment following a 10-day trial in federal court in Washington, D.C.
The case is a spinoff from the investigation of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Mr. Verrusio’s conviction brings to 20 the number of lobbyists and public officials who have pleaded guilty or been convicted in the Abramoff scandal.
In addition to conspiring to accept an illegal gratuity and accepting that gratuity, Mr. Verrusio was convicted of failing to report the gifts on his financial disclosure statement...
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