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Rodgers's early suspicions about Abramoff compounded after talking to Sprague and others, and his initial anger quickly turned to rage. In the fall of , Rodgers got a call from Monica Quigley, a longtime friend and former attorney for the Saginaw Chippewa tribe. She told Rodgers she had been fired from that position after questioning Abramoff's invoices and legislative activities. She then put Sprague in touch with Rodgers. SE, Suite He drove to the address to take a photo of the place to send to Sprague.
What he found was a Mailboxes Etc. In the months and years that followed these exchanges, Rodgers worked with members of the Saginaw Chippewa tribe, the Alabama Coushatta and their cousins the Coushatta tribe of Louisiana to gather internal invoices and documents and slowly and strategically leak them to the media after first contacting the BIA. We've accumulated the data; we have all the information we need. We need to leak it.
Aware that the national media tended to give scant attention to Native American issues, Rodgers first advised Sprague and Sickey to contact their local press, the Mt. After these initial local articles appeared, Rodgers said he sent 14 manila folders with a one-inch packet of the articles, invoices and other documents to several good-government groups, as well as the National Journal and The Washington Post's Susan Schmidt, who would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize for her series on the Abramoff scandal.
He chose to contact Schmidt specifically because of a article she wrote about Democratic lobbyists overcharging Native American clients. His ability to keep his identity secret for so many years is a testament to the insular world of Native Americans; Rodgers isn't afraid to stand out in a crowd.
Usually clad in an all-black matching shirt and sport coat, his unusual combination of high cheekbones and deep-set green eyes illustrates his mixed Blackfoot Indian and Irish heritage. His firm's website is a virtual bulletin board for favorite inspirational quotes and poetry from leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Thomas Paine.
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