Day: December 5, 2009

Rep. Thompson and the timing of political contributions

This Hill story involves Rep. Thompson, a hearing on credit card lesgislation, and political contributions. Former committee staff members also told the Post they suspected similar conflicts of interest motivated Thompson’s actions on other issues facing the committee. One staff member told the newspaper she had been fired for complaining about industry lobbyists, some of […]

Former Rep. Shays’ campaign manager charged in embezzlement

Politico has the latest on charges against Rep. Shays’ campaign manager. Michael Sohn, former campaign manager for ex-Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), was indicted on Friday for allegedly embezzling more than $252,000 from the campaign over a four-year period. Sohn was also hit with federal charges for filing false campaign finance reports and failing to pay […]