When the Heats on Make Aliyah!

The embattled Jack Abramoff who is currently under investigation by the Justice Department for bilking an Indian tribe of $60 million dollars sees his case getting a boost with the departure of his two aides to Israel. From The Hill:

They have been planning for some time to move their family to Israel, said their attorney Alyza Lewin at Lewin & Lewin.“Pursuant to longstanding plans that predate any investigation, Shana Tesler and Sam Hook have relocated to Israel…One thing had nothing to do with the other,” Lewin said. Former White House counsel Lanny Davis said that the pair’s relocation could hamper the Justice Department investigation because it would be harder to enforce subpoenas abroad.“Whether you are able to enforce a subpoena in a foreign country depends upon specific treaty commitments,” Davis said, “but in general the answer is no… Even if you could try to enforce it through a treaty, it would be extremely difficult.”E. Lawrence Barcella, a defense attorney and former federal prosecutor, said, “If they’ve already testified in the grand jury, if the government already has the evidence it needs or has made agreements with them, it may not affect it at all. On the other hand, if [the government] charges them, [it] would go through extradition proceedings with Israel,” Barcella said, “It could complicate what [the government] is doing but it wouldn’t condemn anything.”Lewin said that Hook and Tesler had been cooperating with the investigation and would continue to respond whenever needed. The two are not Israeli citizens.“They’ll still be able to be reached. They have every intention to continue to cooperate,” Lewin said.

Yeah right Lewin.....