WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday to at least one criminal charge in an election-year congressional corruption investigation, Republican officials said Thursday night.| Seeya, scumbag. |
The Republican officials who described the legal developments said they did not know whether Ney intended to resign his seat in the House. Calls to Ney's home and congressional office were not immediately returned. The Justice Department declined to comment.
The Republican officials said they were not certain whether Ney intended to admit guilt to more than one charge, or precisely what offense would be involved in any plea agreement. They said a prison sentence was not out of the question. Two officials said Ney would admit to having filed a false disclosure report with the House of Representatives in connection with a 2002 golfing trip to Scotland that Abramoff paid for.