Samuel Hook
Samuel Hook purchased the Silver Springs, Maryland, lobbying firm GrassRoots Interactive from Republican lawyer Edward B. Miller in September 2003, according to state documents, for a reported $10,000. [1]
Hook, who originally came to Greenberg Traurig after having worked at the now-defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen, and his wife, Shana Tesler, were associates at the Greenberg Traurig law firm with indicted lobbyist and Republican fund-raiser Jack Abramoff. [2]
Tesler followed Abramoff from Greenberg Traurig to the lobbying firm Cassidy & Associates "after he was ousted from Greenberg [in March 2004] following news reports of his questionable dealings with Indian gaming tribes. [3]
On July 11, 2005, Hook and his wife, who had "reportedly been subpoenaed by the Justice Department taskforce" investigating Abramoff, left the country "en route to a new life in Israel." [4]
SourceWatch Resources
External links
- Josephine Hearn, "Abramoff duo quits U.S.," The Hill, July 13, 2005.
- Andrew A. Green, "Abramoff tied to contracts. Indicted lobbyist helped get work for firm founded by Ehrlich adviser, testimony says," Baltimore Sun, October 7, 2005.
- Philip Shenon, "Lobbyist Sought $9 Million to Set Bush Meeting," New York Times, November 10, 2005.
