CREW has uncovered one of the hidden photos of pResident Bush and jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Bush has stubbornly refused to make all such photos available to the public.
Cause the public has 'a right to know' the most intimate details of a Democratic president's sexual life, but records of visitors to the White House are top secret information under a Republican reign.
This photo was reportedly taken at a campaign fundraiser in December of 2003.
Bush has gone to great lengths to hide any evidence of his relationship with the convicted felon. At a minimum, hidden evidence includes photos and documentation of visits to the White House.
Just days ago we learned that the White House signed a secretive agreement with the Secret Service "last spring in the midst of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal declaring that records identifying visitors to the White House are not open to the public."
The Bush administration didn't reveal the existence of the memorandum of understanding until last fall. The White House is using it to deal with a legal problem on a separate front, a ruling by a federal judge ordering the production of Secret Service logs identifying visitors to the office of Vice President.
Last year in the Abramoff scandal, the Bush administration, in response to three lawsuits, provided an incomplete picture of how many visits Abramoff and his lobbying team made to the White House.
The task of digging out Abramoff-White House links fell to a House committee that collected the lobbyist's billing records and e-mails. The House report found 485 lobbying contacts with presidential aides over three years, including 10 with top Bush administration aide Karl Rove.
Like Nixon, this liar of a pResident has plenty to hide!
Roughly a year ago, Bush denied that he knew Abramoff in one breath and refused to release any and all photos of the crooked duo in the next breath.
In other words, Bush said he had nothing to hide and then proceeded to hide it.
"I don't know him," Bush said.
Bush acknowledged that photographs of him with Abramoff were taken either at White House parties or political fundraisers, but he said he would not make them public because he feared they would be used for partisan attacks. "We live in a world in which those pictures will be used for pure political purposes, and they're not relevant to the investigation," he said.
"If they believe something was done inappropriately in the White House, they'll come and look, and they're welcome to do so," Bush said.
Yeah, you're welcome to come and look. But you'll have to sue his ass first.
The Washington Post is suing his ass for access to the White House visitor logs.
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