This Post article reports that the court-appointed receiver in the R. Allen Stanford case is asking political committees to return Mr. Stanford’s contributions to… well, the receivership estate. Legal justification? None cited, as far as the article reports.
Day: February 25, 2009
Gary Locke Likely Commerce Pick
Gary Locke’s name has emerged has President Obama’s pick for Commerce Department Secretary. According to this report, Locke was involved in the 1996 Democratic National Committee fundraising scandal involving John Huang, foreign national contributions, and reimbursed contributions. Locke denied any wrongdoing, and he subsequently returned some checks tied to people implicated in the fundraising scandal, […]