Emily Miller

Information is coming out about how investigators uncovered the Abramoff scandal.

"What once was the subject of gossip and Internet traffic has solidified into front-page news: [Emily] Miller has been cooperating with federal investigators as they bring down DeLay aides in what may be a tightening of the net around the former majority leader himself.

According to a detailed account in the Wall Street Journal, Miller was successfully approached by prosecutors after the collapse of her engagement to Michael Scanlon, another senior DeLay aide whom she had met while both worked for DeLay. Scanlon threw Miller over for a waitress, the Journal reported. An earlier Internet account said it was his manicurist." [via the Houston Chronicle]