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Bush Appointee Is Arrested in Obstruction Case: He is accused of lying about his assistance to indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff while with the General Services Administration. (Walter F. Roche Jr. and Chuck Neubauer, September 20, 2005, LA Times)

A top federal procurement appointee of President Bush was arrested Monday on charges that he made false statements and obstructed a federal probe when he was questioned about a Scotland golfing junket arranged by lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

In a three-count criminal complaint made public Monday, David H. Safavian was accused of lying to an ethics officer in the General Services Administration regarding his dealings with the lobbyist, who flew him to Scotland in August 2002.