The records from the law firm , Preston Gates & Ellis , show that the firm 's former star lobbyist , Jack Abramoff , a close friend of Mr. DeLay who is now the focus of a federal corruption investigation , boasted to a client in the mid-1990 's that the firm had '' excellent '' ties to Mr. Hastings .
Jack Abramoff /business/person/company Preston Gates & Ellis
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