Ex-Interior No. 2 lied in lobbyist case A former top Interior Department official pleaded guilty yesterday to felony charges of obstructing Congress in an investigation into convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. J. Steven Griles, the highest-ranking Bush administration official to be convicted in the Abramoff probe, admitted he lied to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in November 2005 about his relationship with Abramoff during its investigation of the lobbyist.