A spokesman for the Democratic National Committee said more than $1 million in donations from attorneys who pleaded guilty or have been indicted on federal charges for an alleged $11.8 million kickback scheme will not be returned.
The donations, according to Federal Election Commission and state campaign finance databases, come from William S. Lerach, totaling $600,000 between 1998 and 2002, and from Melvyn Weiss, for a total of $25,000 in 1997.Lerach pleaded guilty in mid-September to one felony count of conspiracy stemming from a seven-year federal investigation into the kickback scheme that began in 1981 and netted the New York law firm Milberg Weiss more than $200 million from verdicts and settlements in an estimated 150 cases.
A standing policy of the DNC prevents money accepted and vetted under previous chairs to be returned, said press secretary Stacie Paxton. Dean has held his title since early 2005.
However, a recently discovered $5,000 contribution from Weiss to the DNC could be returned, depending on what verdict is reached in the attorney’s case, Paxton said.
Officials with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee declined to comment on contributions their committees received from the firm and its partners.
Officials with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee declined to comment on contributions their committees received from the firm and its partners.
The DSCC received $100,275 from four Milberg Weiss attorneys named in the investigation and $230,000 from the Milberg Weiss firm, while the DCCC received $64,520 from the same donors.
More than 90 percent of the donations by attorneys connected with Milberg Weiss went to Democrats, but Steven Schulman, one of the firm’s former partners, gave $5,500 to the Republican National Committee between 1997 and 2006, and $1,875 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
h/t to The Influence Peddler
More from the demacrook party of crooks from the DISTEICT of CRINIMALS:-w
So where is the problem?
With the recent decision in the El Masri case by the supreme court (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300377,00.html) which was rejected due to matters of national security, I thought it is absolutely normal in your country to ignore basic rights for some “good reason”… 8-|
2, Mattias, you are a complete idiot. Go to Hell. Your idiotcy has nothing to do with this subject at all. Just shove your head farther up your neither region.
Now, to the subject, Democrats don’t care about campaign finance laws applying to themselves, they just want to defund the GOP but can’t think of a way to do it in which the public won’t see through their partisanship.
3- “Your idiotcy has nothing to do with this subject at all.”
But I guess, personal attacks/insults in my direction in EVERY THREAD on this site have…?
And I think, if two crooks violate fundamental rights (right against corruption, right against kidnapping) without getting prosecuted, it IS comparable!
4, Mattias, do you ever wonder why you deserve such treatment? Does it ever cross your little mind that you are way too stupid?
There is no right against corruption or against kidnapping as you define it.
Did you ever think of trying to document your stupidities before posting them? Maybe you might realize how stupid and insulting to everyone else’s intelligence you are.
5- “There is no right against corruption or against kidnapping as you define it.”
I wonder, how many intelligent people would sign that statement…
7, Who said you were intelligent in the first place? You have been told by more than myself that your thinking processes and values are seriously flawed.
8- “You have been told by more than myself that your thinking processes and values are seriously flawed.”
And YOU really know what you are talking about in this area… :d
9, Yes, I do. YOU are still in your mentally ill delusions.