Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Abt wuxuu bilaabay xirfadiisa kadib markii uu ka qalin jabiyay dugsiga sharciga sanadkii 2000 isagoo ahaa xeer ilaaliyaha xafiiska xeer ilaaliyaha degmada Manhattan muddo afar sano ah, ka dibna wuxuu u wareegay dacwada isagoo la shaqeynayay Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison laga soo bilaabo 2004 ilaa 2008. Sanadkii 2008, Abt wuxuu ka shaqeeyay Des Moines, Iowa Barack Obama
agaasimaha ololaha doorashooyinka.