>> bob ney: oh, i don't believe jack abramoff owned me.the culture of corruption together? absolutely. >> stahl: former republican congressman bob ney was ambitious, and looked at abramoff as a way to build alliances with the white house and the majority leader. >> ney: i wanted to be speaker of the house, and jack abramoff was the beautiful light of day for me to get to the person who i had had some conflicts with, tom delay. >> stahl: abramoff began inviting ney on golf trips, including one to scotland, and to his restaurant, signatures, where ney was given food and drinks on the house, a violation of the congressional gift-limit laws. ney says he was hardly the only one crossing the line. >> ney: but i will still tell you, at that point in time, in order to get a drink at signatures, you had to shove white house staffers of george bush the heck away from the bar. and it was packed with people. and there were members. now, that doesn't mean everybody did everything for jack. but if you want to talk about strict interpretation of violatio