Crime
Ex-legislative aide charged with lying on income taxes
By: Scott McCabe
Examiner Staff Writer
October 29, 2008
A former legislative aide for Missouri Republicans Sen. Kit Bond and Rep. Roy Blount was charged with a felony count of making false statements on his income tax return, according to documents filed in federal court.
Trevor L. Blackann, formerly of the District, failed to report more than $4,100 worth of illegal gratuities he received from three lobbyists in 2003 while he worked as a legislative aide for Bond, according to charging documents.
The charging documents do not identify the lobbyists who provided Blackann with the gifts. Blackann left Bond’s office to become a lobbyist working with Jack Abramoff.
Blackann was charged by information, an indication that a plea agreement has been worked out, because a person can be charged by information only if he or she waives the right to have a grand jury hear the evidence.
Trevor L. Blackann, formerly of the District, failed to report more than $4,100 worth of illegal gratuities he received from three lobbyists in 2003 while he worked as a legislative aide for Bond, according to charging documents.
The charging documents do not identify the lobbyists who provided Blackann with the gifts. Blackann left Bond’s office to become a lobbyist working with Jack Abramoff.
Blackann was charged by information, an indication that a plea agreement has been worked out, because a person can be charged by information only if he or she waives the right to have a grand jury hear the evidence.
