Posted on 05/31/2012 7:36:58 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT
The finance director of state House Speaker Christopher Donovan's campaign for Congress has been charged with conspiring with others to conceal the source of $20,000 in campaign contributions.
Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced that 33-year-old Robert Braddock Jr. of Meriden was arrested and charged Wednesday in an alleged conspiracy ...
Prosecutors allege Braddock and unnamed co-conspirators arranged $10,000 in payments from conduit contributors to Donovan's campaign for the 5th District seat in connection with proposed legislation this year.
The purpose of the conduit contributions was to conceal that the individuals who were actually financing the payments had an interest in legislation introduced in the state General Assembly during the 2012 legislative session, said U.S. State’s Attorney David B. Fein said in a statement. The candidate is also a current member of the General Assembly, Fein said. (SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE)
The legislation would have deemed roll-your-own smoke shop owners to be tobacco manufacturers under state law, which would have subjected these shop owners to a substantial licensing fee and tax increase, Fein said. The Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding voted in favor of the bill on April 3, Fein said. The complaint says the potential enactment of that bill prompted Braddock and his co-conspirators to arrange a $10,000 payment to the campaign ... In early May, the complaint alleges, a co-conspirator who had helped arrange the initial campaign contributions stated in a series of recorded telephone calls with another co-conspirator, who was an aide to the campaign, that he and others were prepared to make an additional $10,000 payment following the defeat of the roll-your-own legislation, Fein said. On May 9, the legislative session ended without the legislation being called for a vote ...
Several days later, the complaint alleges that the co-conspirator delivered $10,000 payment ...
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the Roraback law firm in the 60’s created the legal beginnings of Roe vs. Wade.
Roraback is worse than Dede.
Revolting. Another scion of another wonderful family.
Has there been any polling released? He needs to be stopped.
primary race just starting. Not many polls here for GOP primaries.
Whichever conservative is running 4th in the 4-way primary will have to drop out and endorse one of the others. That ain’t gonna happen so don’t be optimistic about this race.
But this is the Democrat primary, isn't it? Those voters don't care about sleaze or criminal behavior. For those voters it's all about the "free stuff" confiscated from their neighbors and handed over to them in exchange for their votes. If this guy Donovan promises the most "free stuff", he'll win.
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