specifically prohibited by House rules. Shortly after Ney returned from Scotland, he was scheduled to meet with members of the Tigua tribal council. Prior to that meeting, Abramoff reminded the Tigua that "for obvious reasons" the golf trip would not be mentioned at the meeting, but that Ney show his appreciation "in other ways", which was, Abramoff pointed out, just what the tribe wanted. Although the tribe never ended up paying for the golf trip, Ney's attempt to tie the gift of the trip to the legislative assistance the tribe was seeking likely violates federal criminal law. Ney lied when he said he was "duped" by Abramoff and lied again on financial disclosure forms when he said that a nonprofit had paid for the trip. However, Safavian, in an email to his government employer seeking permission to go on the trip, states that Abramoff personally extended invitations to all the guests. Ney also said he made the trip to speak to Scottish parliamentarians. But the Scottish parliament wasn't in session at the time he was in Scotland. Ney is also implicated in the separate Abramoff SunCruz scandal. Bob Ney is now setting up a legal defense fund for Abramoff. Bob Ney was "Representative #1," in Abramoff's January 3 plea agreement. On September 15, 2006 Ney's guilty plea for bribery related to Abramoff's clients and others was submitted to the court and made public. U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, CD1 (R-NM) Congresswoman Heather Wilson received $1,000 in a direct contribution from Abramoff. U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney, III (R-FL); Congressman Tom Feeney (R-FL) joined other Republicans on the now infamous golf trip to Scotland with Abramoff in 2003. U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) In 2003, Abramoff gave Richard Pombo's (R-CA) PAC $5,000. Abramoff also gave $2,000, the maximum allowed, to Pombo's congressional campaign committee that same year. On January 8, 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that "Pombo helped one of Abramoff's clients, the Mashpee Indians in Massachusetts, gain official recognition as a tribe; the congressman received contributions from the lobbyist and the tribe in that instance." U.S. Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) New Jersey Republican Rep. Mike Ferguson is not going to give back the $1,000 he received in 2001, according to his spokeswoman Abby Bird. U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) New Jersey Republican Rep. Frank LoBiondo has planned or has given back the $1000 contribution he had received in 2001. U.S. Rep.