State firm's cash to Herman Cain may breach federal campaign, tax laws

[Scuba]

http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/state-firms-cash-to-herman-cain-may-breach-federal-campaign-tax-laws-132898423.html



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Herman Cain's two top campaign aides ran a private Wisconsin-based corporation that helped the GOP presidential candidate get his fledgling campaign off the ground by originally footing the bill for tens of thousands of dollars in expenses for such items as iPads, chartered flights and travel to Iowa and Las Vegas - something that might breach federal tax and campaign law, according to sources and documents.

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Election law experts say the transactions raise a host of questions for the private organization, which billed itself as a tax-exempt nonprofit, and the Cain team.

"If the records accurately reflect what occurred, this is way out of bounds," said a Washington, D.C.-based election lawyer who advises many Republican candidates and conservative groups on campaign issues. The lawyer asked not to be identified because of those affiliations.

Michael Maistelman, a Wisconsin campaign attorney, agreed. "The number of questionable and possibly illegal transactions conducted on behalf of Herman Cain is staggering," said Maistelman, a Democrat who has represented politicians from both parties on campaign issues.


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The article goes on to report that in 1997 Block was accused of election law violatation, and that he settled that suit for $15,000 and agreed to stay out of Wisconsin politics for three years. Not surprisingly, Koch-based Americans for Prosperity is right in the middle of this shady business.

[dkf]

1. Wow someone really wants Cain out of the way. Rove?

[CanonRay]

2. I'ts pretty hard to breach Federal campaign laws now

I think you have to work at it.