Movie Documentary
Come See Where Your Democracy Went
A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.
Jack Abramoff Tom DeLay Bob Ney Ralph Reed Neil Volz William Branner Donn Dunlop Hal Kreitman Kelly Brian Kuhn Paolo Mugnaini Kevin Henderson Melanie Sloan Nina Easton Dana Rohrabacher Thomas Frank J. Michael Waller Grover Norquist Jonas Savimbi Lewis E. Lehrman Susan Schmidt Robert G. Kaiser Peter Fitzgerald Ron Platt James C. Dobson Michael Scanlon Tony Rudy Ed Buckham Peter Stone Pamela Brown Jim Benedetto George Miller Juan Babauta Froilan Tenorio John T. Doolittle Benigno Fitial William Worfel Tom Rodgers Carlos Hisa Khaled Saffuri David Grosh Mahathir Mohamad Kevin Sickey Bernie Sprague David Sickey Shawn Martin Adam Kidan Dick Armey Michele Bachmann Brian Philip Bilbray Roy Blunt Konstantinos 'Gus' Boulis John Breaux Conrad Ray Burns Barbara Bush George H.W. Bush George W. Bush Laura Bush Kenneth Stanton Calvert Ben Nighthorse Campbell Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton Thad Cochran John Cornyn John J. Duncan Jr. Philip Sheridan English Clinton Eugene Feeney Anthony Ferrari James Fiorillo Newt Gingrich Al Gore Chuck Grassley Ralph Moody Hall Dennis Hastert J.D. Hayworth Patrick Joseph Kennedy II Alexander Koulakovsky Angela Lansbury Dolph Lundgren John McCain Jim McCrery Anthony Moscatiello Maria Nevskaya Barack Obama Susan B. Ralston Nancy Davis Reagan Ronald Reagan Harry Reid Karl Rove Paul Rudd Robert Warren Schaffer George C. Scott Peter Anderson Sessions James Stewart John E. Sweeney Willie Tan Sandy Treadwell Stanley Tucci Robert Anacletus Underwood David Vitter Donald Edwin Young
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