Rep. Bob Ney continues his "I am not a crook" campaign in a recent interview with the AP.

Trying to put the best face possible on his ties to Jack Abramoff, Ney says:

Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio, a focus of the criminal investigation into Jack Abramoff‘s lobbying, says he‘s had no conversations with the Justice Department and believes its probe will clear him of any wrongdoing.

 Yet later in the story, he is forced to acknowledge:

The Republican chairman of the House Administration Committee said he isn‘t bothered by what Abramoff might do. He acknowledged that the Justice Department has subpoenaed documents from his office, but he said he‘s not "sat down with them."

Ney disputed some details of allegations in Scanlon‘s plea agreement that claim Ney accepted bribes from Abramoff, including an expenses-paid golf trip to Scotland in 2002.