The New York Times is now reporting on the NRCC financing scandals (see earlier posts here, here and here). Here are some highlights from the article: Hundreds of thousands of dollars are missing and presumed stolen from the chief fund-raising arm of House Republicans, according to party officials who described the findings of emergency internal […]
That needs to become the slogan of any Democrat running for congress this year. The evidence is right in the NRCC accounting scandal, which seems to be going unnoticed by the mainstream media. There is now more evidence pointing to the NRCC’s lax management that may have contributed to this scandal: The accounting scandal now […]
The NRCC is suffering some serious problems, not a good thing on an election year. Not only do they have the criminal investigation into accounting practices going on and an alarming number of incumbents opting to not seek re-election, but now they have lost their communications director.
For something that started as a little blurb a couple of weeks ago, this story sure has gained momentum: Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), a certified public accountant, had pushed for months for an internal audit of the National Republican Congressional Committee, according to GOP members, but the committee’s treasurer at the time was reluctant. Finally, […]
Last week I posted about the investigation into possible fraud in the NRCC. Now The Politio has more. It turns out that this fraud may go back several years and a lot of high ranking Republicans are “scared” over it. Nothing like some election year drama.
That’s what it kind of sounds like: The cash-strapped National Republican Congressional Committee released a statement Friday suggesting a former vendor has engaged in fraudulent activity with regard to the committee’s financial audit process. The statement from NRCC Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) is the only information the committee is providing at this point, and the […]
TPM has this statement from the NRCC about one of their contributors being indicted on charges of funding terrorism: We are extremely concerned and disturbed by these charges but we need to be careful not to rush to judgment as the judicial process moves forward. If the individual in question is actually found guilty of […]
TPM has this: Oops! Building on my last post on the NRCC’s bogus Business Advisory Council and “Businessman of the Year” program, it turns out that Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari isn’t the first member of the council to be indicted on charges of supporting terrorism. Yasith Chhun, the head of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, […]
After a week of hearing how we would embolden the terrorists because of the Democrats anti-surge resolution, we find out something really interesting: Terrorism charges brought Friday against the administrator of a loan investment program claimed that he secretly tried to send $152,000 to the Middle East to buy equipment such as night vision […]
Seems like the Republicans still love their dirty tricks. From Matt Stoller: Terry Nelson, an unindicted co-conspirator in the TRMPAC Tom Delay scandal, and the boss of Jim Tobin, the convicted felon in the NH phone-jamming case, is the head of opposition research for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. So it’s not a surprise that […]