KRT Wire | 05/02/2006 | Logs of Abramoff's White House visits ordered released

KRT Wire | 05/02/2006 | Logs of Abramoff's White House visits ordered released: "New York Daily News

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ordered the Secret Service to release all records of disgraced GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff's visits to the White House - which could prove an embarrassment for President Bush.

The logs are expected to show who Abramoff met with at the White House as well as when and how long he was there.

Bush has said he didn't know Abramoff, who pleaded guilty in a massive influence-peddling scandal. But photos show the two posing for pictures at the White House. Abramoff also raised more than $100,000 for Bush's 2004 reelection campaign.

In a three-paragraph ruling, U.S. District Judge John Penn ordered the Secret Service to release the logs by May 10.

"The American people deserve the truth concerning admitted felon Jack Abramoff's visits and meetings with Bush administration officials in the White House," Tom Fitton, president of conservative-leaning watchdog group Judicial Watch, said Monday."