A tearful former Justice Department attorney was spared a jail sentence Tuesday for his role in the influence peddling scandal surrounding former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle said Robert Coughlin did not deserve prison time for his actions, even as she marveled at ...

A federal judge Monday set June 21 for the retrial of a former lobbyist who worked for influence peddler Jack Abramoff. U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle set the date after Thursday's mistrial for Kevin Ring. The jury had deadlocked over eight counts ...

The former top procurement official in George W. Bush's administration was sentenced Friday to a year in prison for lying about his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman told David Safavian that he must be punished for obstructing justice ...

A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of a former lobbyist caught up in the Jack Abramoff affair, the biggest setback in the government's long-running prosecution of the influence-peddling scandal. The jury deadlocked over seven counts alleging that Kevin Ring lavished thousands of dollars worth ...