WASHINGTON—Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff unsuccessfully sought to arrange a meeting between the president of the Republic of the Congo and then-U.S. President-elect Donald Trump late last year, according to a new Justice Department filing. Mr. Abramoff, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to felony federal corruption charges related to his Washington lobbying work, wrote in a disclosure filing received by the Justice Department on Wednesday...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 23, 2017 21:00 UTC