Posted on Wed, Mar. 17, 2004
Ex-Dole Campaign Official Pleads Guilty
CURT ANDERSON
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A former consultant to a fund-raising committee for North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole's 2002 election campaign pleaded guilty Wednesday to mail fraud in an embezzlement scheme involving more than $174,000 of political contributions.
Earl Allen Haywood, 40, entered the guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington. Haywood, an assistant treasure to campaign committees that raised money for Dole, faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced on May 26 and has agreed to make full restitution, prosecutors said.
In addition to his work on the Dole North Carolina Victory Committee,
Haywood also raised money for an entity known as North Carolina's Salute to George W. Bush that spread its funds between Dole, the North Carolina Republican Party and Rep. Robin Hayes, R-N.C.The Dole campaign's former general counsel, Washington lawyer Cleta Mitchell, said the embezzlement came to light after an internal review of the books following Dole's 2002 victory over Democrat Erskine Bowles.
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