Links of the Day: Republican Scandals Edition

It's Friday, so why not an all-Republican-scandals edition of today's links?

Yay!

-Rather than bothering with proving his innocence, Libby just wants the case thrown out:
Special Counsel in Plame Case Invalid, Libby Contends

-The investigation into the crimes of Jack Abramoff goes global:
Abramoff ties to Russians probed

-Tom Delay tries to back away from one of his "closest and dearest friends", Jack Abramoff:
DeLay Writes Letters: It’s “Absolutely Untrue” That Abramoff Was “A Close Friend”