The AP is reporting that Sen. Judd Gregg’s top aide is alleged in court documents to have taken gifts from a deputy of lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for legislative favors. The aide is said to have been the legislative director for Gregg, now the nominee for Commerce Secretary, from 2002-04. The story does not expressly state that it was this period of time when the gifts (over $10K in sports tickets and the like) and the favors (slipping amendments favored by Abramoff clients into spending bills) were exchanged, but that is certainly the implication.