 Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal

The Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal involved the efforts of Jack Abramoff, other lobbyists, and government officials to change or prevent, or both, Congressional action regarding the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and businesses on Saipan, its capital, commercial center, and one of its three principal islands.Among the issues he worked on was keeping Congress from imposing the federal minimum wage for workers in the CNMI.