"FEC Records Show GOP Haste to Dump Lev Parnas Cash"
My dive through the year-end FEC filings, for @CourthouseNews.
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My dive through the year-end FEC filings, for @CourthouseNews.
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@CourthouseNews As noted in the story, Rep. Kevin McCarthy repeatedly said he donated Parnas and Fruman's money "to charity," while ducking multiple reporters' requests for specificity.
Newly released FEC records show his campaign's donations after the men's arrest.
Newly released FEC records show his campaign's donations after the men's arrest.
@CourthouseNews McCarthy's campaign donated to more than a dozen local charities in the last fiscal quarter, following Parnas and Fruman's arrest.
His office did not respond to an email asking, among other things, which were the donations he referred to. docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/…
His office did not respond to an email asking, among other things, which were the donations he referred to. docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/…
@CourthouseNews McCarthy ducked multiple requests for this information, from both me and the New York Times.
CREW's research director @RobertMaguire_ told me his refusal to divulge their names makes little sense, even politically.
CREW's research director @RobertMaguire_ told me his refusal to divulge their names makes little sense, even politically.
@CourthouseNews @RobertMaguire_ Also, not in the story, but a subject for further research:
On Oct. 2, the day Parnas and Fruman retained Trump's lawyer John Dowd with the president's sign-off, McCarthy's campaign started refunding donations from dozens of donors.
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On Oct. 2, the day Parnas and Fruman retained Trump's lawyer John Dowd with the president's sign-off, McCarthy's campaign started refunding donations from dozens of donors.
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@CourthouseNews @RobertMaguire_ Now, politicians return donations for any number of reasons, and there may not necessarily be any connection between these two events.
Seeking more information on these refunds.
McCarthy's office hasn't commented on them.
Seeking more information on these refunds.
McCarthy's office hasn't commented on them.
@CourthouseNews @RobertMaguire_ Also, on the day of Parnas and Fruman's arrest, McCarthy's campaign paid $4,000 to Campaign Financial Services, a Maryland-based compliance consulting firm.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick paid $2,000 to the same firm on the same day.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick paid $2,000 to the same firm on the same day.
@CourthouseNews @RobertMaguire_ Parnas and Fruman's arrest was not yet public at the time.
Political campaign's routinely retain compliance consulting firms to stay on the right side of federal law and regs.
McCarthy's campaign had done so before that month too.
Political campaign's routinely retain compliance consulting firms to stay on the right side of federal law and regs.
McCarthy's campaign had done so before that month too.
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