Bain execs spent nearly $5 million on Romney's White House runs
from HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-center-for-public-integrity/bain-execs-spent-nearly-5_b_1260081.html
Current and former Bain executives and their relatives have given about $4.7 million to organizations dedicated to making Romney the next president of the United States, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation.
And they haven't just come around lately.
Some Bain associates have been filling Romney's campaign coffers since 2004 when the former Massachusetts governor had early aspirations to become president, and long before he officially embarked on a run.
Since then, they have given to political committees in early primary states -- some without contribution limits -- to both of Romney's presidential campaigns and to federal "leadership PACs" controlled by the candidate.
Most dramatically, they gave at least $3.1 million in 2011 to "Restore Our Future," a "super PAC" not controlled by Romney, which has used the contributions to launch ads attacking candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum . . .
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