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U.S. Family Network, Inc. (USFN) was founded in 1996 by Ed Buckham, who also served as the organization's consultant. USFN was a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) corporation founded in Virginia, with its principal offices located in the District of Columbia in the same building as Buckham's consulting firm Alexander Strategy Group and Tom DeLay's political action committee Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC).〔(Complaint for Monetary and Injunctive Relief Under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ), filed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, May 3, 2000〕 USFN received $500,000 from the NRCC and $1 million from lobbyist Jack Abramoff's Russian clients.〔Michael Kranish: (Abramoff ties to Russians probed: US inquiry widens to energy concerns ), ''Boston Globe'', February 23, 2006〕 Much of the money went to Buckham and his wife, Alexander Strategy Group, and a 15-year lease on a Washington Redskins skybox used by Abramoff. The group closed in 2001 while under a Federal Election Commission probe, distributing several hundred thousands of dollars in remaining assets among people associated with USFN. The townhouse was sold at below market value to U.S. Representative Jim Ryun (R-KS). The activities of USFN are under investigation by the Justice Department; a subpoena for USFN documents was issued in February 2006, naming Abramoff, Tony Rudy and his wife Lisa, Tom DeLay and his wife Christine, Buckham and his wife Wendy, Ralph Reed, and Grover Norquist.〔(Investigators Issue New Subpoena In Abramoff Case ), ''National Journal'', February 13, 2006〕 ==Financial connections with Jack Abramoff== The U.S. Family Network was largely funded by clients of embattled lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Payments to the group of up to $1 million coincided with votes and other actions taken by Tom DeLay in Congress in favor of the "donors." Northern Marianas Islands tycoon Willie Tan, an Abramoff client, gave USFN $650,000. $364,500 in donations to USFN from firms associated with Abramoff were in turn given to the Alexander Strategy Group. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「U.S. Family Network」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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