The Detroit Free Press covers today’s testimony.
“Reimbursement goes on all the time… it’s done millions of times in America,” Fieger told jurors during nearly 3 hours of questioning in a high-stakes gamble to win acquittal. He and partner Vernon (Ven) Johnson are accused of illegally reimbursing 64 employees and others with law firm funds to contribute $127,000 to John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign.
Electionjournal.org is covering the Kentucky primary today using new media resources like Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and others. I recommend checking that site frequently today for updates and the interesting photos and videos.
News comes this morning that superdelegates allegedly turned down a $1 million offer from a Clinton donor.
“This is not an FEC issue,” said Jan Baran, a Republican campaign finance attorney. “There are federal and state laws that bar ‘vote buying’ but I’m not sure they apply in this situation since this involves a convention delegate and not a voter in an election. In short, I don’t know whether this is illegal or just hardnosed political horse-trading.”
If the donor (Haim Saban) is an agent of the campaign, it would be an FEC issue because of the strong prohibitions on federal officeholders and federal candidates involvement with soft money; but there are no allegations of campaign knoweldge, awareness, or involvement whatsoever.