AP reports that the federal government has dropped all remaining charges against James Tobin in the New Hampshire phone-jamming case. Tobin had already been cleared of taking part in a plot to arrange more than 800 hang-up calls that jammed get-out-the-vote lines. The government later charged him with lying to investigators.
Day: May 27, 2009
Guilty Plea in Reimbursement Scheme
DOJ announced that an individual pleaded guilty in a reimbursed contribution scheme. Jerry Pierce-Santos, 50, of Vienna, Va., pleaded guilty today before Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a single-count criminal information that charged him with making $17,000 in conduit contributions to a candidate seeking election to […]
Lobbyist-Bundled Contributions: Who’s Reporting What?
The Hill reports that a few more committees filed reports for lobbyist-bundled contributions recently.