Signatures Restaurant

It was more successful than Abramoff's two other Washington D.C. food ventures, Archives Restaurant and Stacks Delicatessen, both kosher eateries.

Restaurant records show that Team Abramoff members Neil Volz and Tony Rudy with Tom Hammond organized $1,500 (minimum) dinners for their respective former bosses, Bob Ney and Tom DeLay, in April 2002, though campaign finance records show no payment.

), Don Nickles (R) and Tim Hutchinson (R) were also on an Abramoff list of people to be comped, Blunt, LoBiondo, and Breaux deny ever receiving free meals.

Between January 2002 and May 2003, Abramoff and his investors put more than $3 million into Signatures, spending seven percent of the restaurant's revenues on complimentary food and drinks, well above the industry standard.

According to emails sent by Abramoff in 2001, Capitol Campaign Strategies transferred money to Livsar, which he planned to have under the control of his wife Pamela.

The restaurant featured rare document collections of Stan Klos, Edward Bomsey, and other political memorabilia.