Tom Rodgers, a member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, says he's responsible for taking down corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Rodgers, a lobbyist and lawyer in Washington, D.C., says he first learned about Abramoff's dealings through Bernie Sprague of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan. He then started gathering documents that he sent to the media and later to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, which ended up investigating the scandal.

“What’s important is that the tribes that were defrauded and cheated and abused did something about it, and we did it when it mattered,” Rodgers tells The Hill newspaper.

Rodgers is featured in the documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money, which premiered at Sundance.

UPDATE: A reader notes that Tom Rodgers publicly spoke of his role in uncovering the scandal with Indian Country Today back in September 2008.

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