Tony Rudy

Tony Charles Rudy (born May 3, 1966) is an American politician. He served in the office of U. S. Representative Tom DeLay (R-TX) from approximately 1995 to 2001, and rose to be his deputy Chief of Staff.

Rudy then began working with Jack Abramoff at Greenberg Traurig. Rudy was implicated in the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal as unindicted co-conspirator "Staffer A". In 2006, Rudy pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with investigators. Tom DeLay ("Representative #2") and Bob Ney ("Representative #1") are identified in the plea.[1][2][3][4]

Rudy pleaded guilty on March 31, 2006, was sentenced on April 20, 2012, and served 5 months with 3 years probation, ordered to repay $100,000 and fined $5,000.[5]

  1. ^ Susan Schmidt and James Grimaldi, "Lawmakers Under Scrutiny in Probe of Lobbyist: Ney and DeLay Among the Members of Congress Said to Be a Focus of Abramoff Investigation". Washington Post, November 26, 2005.
  2. ^ "Star Rainmakers: The Hill's list of top lobbyists," Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine The Hill, March 26, 2003.
  3. ^ Ex-DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty[dead link], Washington Post, March 31, 2006.
  4. ^ Tony Rudy charging document Archived 2006-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ [1] | April 20, 2012 | Last sentence handed down in Abramoff probe | MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press | [2]