Jim Clark
Jim Clark — lawyer, lobbyist, and former chief of staff to Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski pleaded guilty today to a single conspiracy count. Clark admits to conspiring to have Veco, the Alaska oilfield contractor that is at the center of the federal investigation, make payments totaling more than $68,000 to two pollsters and a political consultant for services provided to then-Gov. Murkowski’s 2006 re-election campaign.
