Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Delaware's Witchy Woman under investigation
Several months before the election CREW files a complaint against the Christine O'Donnell campaign for using campaign funds for her personal use.
The feds are looking into whether O'Donnell's spent $20,000 dollars in campaign money on personal expenses and rent, MSNBC reported. The probe stems from a complaint by the group Citizens For Responsibility And Ethics In Washington (CREW) which was filed back in September.A point to note. The DoJ followed the rules and did not open the investigation in the months just before the election when it could, if it were close, have made a difference. This contrasts with several instances of the Rove/Cheney administration doing so, one in particular spearheaded by current Governor Mickey Mouse Christie of Snow Jersey who was then a government attorney.
A person speaking on condition of anonymity told the AP of the probe, and said two federal prosecutors and two FBI agents in Delaware are handling the investigation, which has not been sent to a grand jury. A spokewoman for the U.S. attorney's office in Delaware did not immediately respond to TPM's message seeking comment...
When CREW made the complaint back in September, O'Donnell's lawyer attacked the organization by arguing that the group lacked credibility because of donations from George Soros.
But O'Donnell basically admitted that CREW's main charge were true back in October, conceding she used campaign cash to pay rent on her Delaware town house because it doubled as campaign headquarters, which CREW charged amounted to using her primary campaign "as her personal ATM." Commission rules "say candidates can't use campaign money for their mortgage or rent 'even if part of the residence is being used by the campaign'."
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