"Tony Charles Rudy", an United States/American lobbyist and associate of Jack Abramoff. After serving as a staffer in the office of U. S. Representative Tom DeLay (Republican Party (United States)/R-Texas/TX) from approximately 1995 to 2001, and rising to deputy chief of staff, Rudy joined "Team Abramoff" at Greenberg Traurig. Rudy was implicated in the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal/Jack Abramoff guilty plea 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.

Rudy pled guilty on March 31, 2006, was sentenced on April 20, 2012, and served 5 months with 3 years probation.

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