US District Judge Ellen Huvelle of the DC Circuit on Thursday sentenced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff to 48 months in prison for public corruption. Abramoff pleaded guilty in January 2006 to conspiracy, honest services fraud and tax evasion charges. He was previously sentenced to 70 months in prison in connection with the Florida Sun Cruz Casinos fraud case and has served about 22 months to date. With this sentence he is expected to be in prison until 2012. The sentence was nine months longer than prosecutors had recommended based on Abramoff’s cooperation in cases involving officials he corrupted, and much less than the approximately 11 years he could have received under sentencing guidelines. It was not nearly long enough to satisfy representatives of two Indian tribes he defrauded (NYT, DOJ).
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