anything jack abramoff and i did, i ate sushi with jack abramoff and i went to scotland with jack abramoff. if i'm a lobbyist and you're a congressman today, i give true examples in the book that happened. examples in the book sometimes with names omitted for a reason. you can produce names. if i want to i can take you to alaska. we can hunt. we can have a $3000 to $4000 dinner. ando that and i can raise you $75,000. i can then take you a staffer and may be some of your family, we can have a $2000 or $3000 a dinner. it's all legal. as long as we stand and at the reception and eat. i can have meals. alice fisher in her announcement, see said congressman used fundraiser. everybody on that hill today. i was charged, i pled guilty. give me break. the entire >> what do you mean by a lohse? >> those are the types of things where they say, he used private allowance. >> here's some video, tom rogers you mentioned. i want to you take a look at him and you can tell us what role he played. [video clip] >> there's not too many native americans in the country. i had people who trusted me who came to me

but i watched jack abramoff on that "60 minutes" and, you know, i could feel some of empathy. i feel empathy for anybody that's a done time. but beyond that, i just wondered where jack was going with his version of history. and then when i heard him say he owned 100 members and spent a million dollars, i said, wow, i got the short end of that stick, i guess. [laughter] he raised not too much for us. but i sat there in all seriousness, and i thought, you know, i want to tell my end of it. i wanted to make it more than that. he's part of the story, and i told the story of abramoff pause i get -- because i get asked constantly by constituents, what happened to you? what on earth happened to you? and this book tells the story. it's a complicated story where i have my part, and then there's some other parts to it. so the perfect storm is sort of a way i put together, you know, exactly the outside influences, too, that came into help with the idiocy that i created and the crimes that i committed. also in the book and very important to me, and i want to mention this, mek, because it d

and then i watched jack abramoff. jack did not do this to me. i watched him and i started to, you know, i could hear empathy and i felt empathy for anybody who has done time. but beyond that, i just wondered where jack was going with his version of history. and i said, okay, i got the short end of that. so i sat there. and i said, i want to tell my end of it. i wanted to make it more than that is part of the story. but i get asked constantly about what happened. what on earth happened to you. this book tells a very complicated story. it is a complicated story so the perfect storm is we have put together how to help with this that i created in the crimes that are committed. also in the book, what is very important to me, it deals with iran and the opportunity that we have as a country to have a deal where ron recognized and would have had a deal and the white house information was sent. but they chose to ignore it. i think it is important for us as part of that. the other part is about a million times better. i thought with he was a very high-pro

and when i saw it, i watched jack abramoff, and i make it clear, jack did not do this to me. i did this to myself, period. i don't want sit here saying jack abramoff made me have a dinner. i made those decisions. but i watched him on those "60 minutes," and i could feel some empathy as rg been in prison, he was in prison. i feel empathy for anybody that's done time. but beyond that i just wondered where jack was going with his version of history. and then when i heard him say he owned 100 meers and spent a million dollars, i said, well, i got the short end of that stick, i guess. [laughter] but i sat there and said i want to tell my end of it. i know the headlines are speaker boehner on this book, but i wanted to make it more than that. he's part of the story, and i told the story of abramoff because i get asked constantly by former constituents because i still live in ohio, i'm if parts of the old district, and i get asked all the time what happened to you? and this book tls very complicated story. it's just not as easy as, you know, visiting jack, having some dinners, going

i watched jack abramoff on 60 minutes and feel of the year in prison. i feel empathy for anybody that don't time. beyond that, i wondered where jack was going with his version of history. and when i heard him say he had 100 members is that i got the short end of that stick of the money i guess. but i sat there in all seriousness them but i want to tell my end of it. i know the headlines are speaker bono misspoke, but i wanted to make it more than that. i told the story of abramoff because i get asked constantly by former constituents. they fill up an ohio appeared in the district and i get asked all the time, would have been to you? this book tells a complicated story. it's not as easy as having dinners, going to scotland any rate. it's a complicated story rahab my part in there some other parts to it. the perfect storm is the way i put together the outside influences that came into the idiocy i created and committed. also very important to me and i want to mention this mek because it deals with the rain on the opportunity was missed as a country to pote

i did it to myself so i don't sit here saying jack abramoff made me. i made the decision but i watched him on 60 minutes, i could feel some empathy having been in prison. but beyond that i wondered where jack was going with his version of history. when i heard 100 members at $10 million, the short end of that stake is the money. but i sat there in all seriousness and thought i want to tell my end of this. i know the headlines but i wanted to make it more than that. that is part of the story and i told the story and i get asked constantly, don't you live in ohio, i am in the district, parts of the district and get asked all the time what happens? this book tells a very complicated story, not as easy as having dinner and here i go. it is a complicated story where i have my part and there are other parts, the perfect storm, where put together the outside influence to help with the idiocy i created. very important to me and i want to mention this, deals with iran and the opportunity we missed as a country to have a deal where iran was recognized, where iran

jack abramoff and i go away and stop people with felonies didn't change anything. to my dismay people feel more comfortable, but it didn't change things. i ended it with a quote i really like basically to paraphrase, i had an addiction and today there's another addiction to campaign contributions and they need an intervention and it's the public to the public and do an intervention come and make it a beautiful place, make it even better. i address a lot of issues in the book and i hope it's not just the dead is one issue or attacking one person. i'm not a bitter person. i spent time with my granddaughter today. i get to go to india. i get to do radio. people at the right or left or the middle get their voice out there and tell people a story of what's going on in their government. the journalistic side of this is critical. so i'm happy. i'm not a person who's unhappy and angry and want to get everybody, but there's things i had to tell. i couldn't leave it out. so custom harper, dressmaker mother said this too shall pass. she just didn't tommy sometimes it takes a