Here's a classic quote from today's NY Times story regarding the charges against former Abramoff partner, and former DeLay staffer, Michael Scanlon:

How much Mr. Scanlon knows and has told prosecutors about the business practices of Mr. Abramoff and members of Congress remains unclear. "This puts a tremendous amount of pressure on Abramoff because Scanlon was reportedly his closest associate," said Lawrence Barcella, a former federal prosecutor who is now a prominent defense lawyer in Washington. As for politicians like Mr. DeLay and Mr. Ney, Mr. Barcella said, "I wouldn't be sitting as comfortably today as I was yesterday if I were them."

The WaPo story goes into quite a bit of detail regarding Rep. Ney's role in this whole matter, and even includes this nifty timeline.

This is going to get VERY interesting, very quickly.