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Kevin Ring, an associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was the only one of among the nearly two dozen defendants in the Abramoff scandal who went to trial. The others cut plea deals. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Independent presidential hopeful Buddy Roemer is in Washington Thursday to talk campaign finance corruption with Jack Abramoff and former Federal Election Commission chairman Trevor Potter. (Buddy Roemer)

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Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff talks Feb. 6, 2012, with consumer-rights organization Public Citizen in D.C. about his lobbying experience and his hope for change in the lobbying system. Abramoff, who spent 3½ years in a federal penitentiary for bribery of public officials and other crimes before his 2012 release, owes some $44 million in reparations. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff talks Feb. 6, 2012, with consumer-rights organization Public Citizen in D.C. about his lobbying experience and his hope for change in the lobbying system. Abramoff, who spent 3½ years in a federal penitentiary for bribery of public officials and other crimes before his 2012 release, owes some $44 million in reparations. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff talks Feb. 6, 2012, with consumer-rights organization Public Citizen in D.C. about his lobbying experience and his hope for change in the lobbying system. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Actor Barry Pepper plays Michael Scanlon, a former aide to Rep. Tom DeLay who helped lobbyist Jack Abramoff pull off his acts, in "Casino Jack," which opens on Wednesday. (Associated Press)