Posted on 09/11/2013 6:46:37 PM PDT by kristinn
The D.C. businessman at the center of an ongoing city corruption investigation secretly spent more than a half-million dollars on get-out-the-vote efforts for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, according to interviews and court documents filed Wednesday.
Jeffrey E. Thompson, a former city contractor who allegedly financed a secret campaign for then-mayoral candidate Vincent C. Gray (D) in 2010, financed an independent effort to reach urban voters on behalf of Clinton in Texas and at least three other states during the 2008 Democratic primaries, according to the interviews and documents.
Thompson allegedly paid Troy White, a New York marketing executive, more than $608,000 to hire “street teams” to distribute posters, stickers and yard signs beginning in February 2008 to help raise Clinton’s profile during her primary battle with then-Sen. Barack Obama, according to the documents and interviews with several people familiar with the investigation.
A search of federal campaign records found no evidence that Thompson or White disclosed the alleged expenditures or activities to the Federal Election Commission, as required by campaign finance laws.
The new accusations came to light when White pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor tax charge, becoming the latest Thompson associate implicated in a far-reaching investigation that has explored the businessman’s alleged secret role in funding political campaigns.
For the first time, the investigation has connected Thompson to a major national political figure. The investigation could have implications for Clinton, who is weighing a second run for president in 2016 and is seen as an overwhelming favorite for the Democratic nomination.
Thompson’s attorney, Brendan Sullivan, declined to comment.
An attorney for Clinton’s 2008 campaign, Lyn Utretcht, said in a statement late Wednesday that the campaign “has cooperated fully” in the White case.
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Thanks for posting this Kristinn.
As The Mighty Hildabeaste marches towards her ultimate destiny, I have a feeling we ain’t seen nothing yet. She will do ANYTHING to be POTUS.
Beginning to clear away the scrub brush for the emerging Michelle wildfire!
Hillary knows corrupt people? Who knew!
This, from the Washington Post. Hmmmmm.
Is it possible that Democrats still don’t especially want Hillary Clinton, particularly as a president? They dumped her over once, even against the rules.
Beginning to clear away the scrub brush for the emerging Michelle wildfire!
I'm still doing my best to hope thoughts along those lines are mere evidence of my deepening senility. I try to expunge them from my mind. I haven't yet started to sniff bleach, but...
Hillary can’t pass the physical. Also, Benghazi isn’t done yet. See if they keep playing up Paleface Lizzy.
She is getting it all out there now while Syria is cooking. In 3 years she will say, “ we already covered that. Old news.”
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