Probe of Abramoff and Nonprofits' Money Opens (washingtonpost.com)

Probe of Abramoff and Nonprofits' Money Opens (washingtonpost.com): "Probe of Abramoff and Nonprofits' Money Opens
Senate Finance Committee Seeks Records on Trips by Reps. DeLay and Ney, Donations to Indian Tribes
By James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 17, 2005; Page A04
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday opened an investigation into allegations that lobbyist Jack Abramoff used nonprofit organizations to pay for a variety of improper activities, including overseas trips for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Tex.) and another Republican lawmaker.
Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Max Baucus (Mont.), the panel's top Democrat, faxed a letter to Abramoff's attorney seeking information from the Capital Athletic Foundation, a charity he created. The committee wants financial records and receipts for travel, which would include a 2002 trip to Scotland by House Administration Committee Chairman Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) and lobbyist and former "