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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking: PA (R) Congressmen Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) & Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) received dirty money
There's a paywall for the article but it is here - https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/smucker-will-return-campaign-contributions-from-giuliani-s-arrested-associate/article_e251db58-eb93-11e9-9f47-e72f879a250d.html
(this is the main Lancaster County, PA newspaper)
Trying to find other local news sites to provide details...
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Breaking: PA (R) Congressmen Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) & Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) received dirty money (Original Post)
BumRushDaShow
Oct 2019
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gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)1. are they D or R?
BumRushDaShow
(129,453 posts)2. Oh they are Republicans for sure!
(updated OP title)
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)3. thought so
Excellent LOCK THEM UP!!!
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)4. Both r's
What are we up to? 6, 7 R's have taken laundered money
dem4decades
(11,304 posts)5. Does Putin pay for this type of thing? Maybe they're all Putin's puppets
malaise
(269,157 posts)6. Florida DeSantis
BumRushDaShow
(129,453 posts)7. AND a Republican Congressman from Florida - Brian Mast
Congressman Brian Mast to return donations from Ukrainian businessmen with Giuliani ties
by Jay OBrienThursday, October 10th 2019
Congressman Brian Mast criticized by veterans over his support for AR15 ban (WPEC)
BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) Notable Florida Republicans, including Treasure Coast Congressman Brian Mast, have been connected to donations from two Ukrainian businessmen connected to President Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Both men, Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, were indicted Thursday by federal prosecutors for election law violations. The charges stem from a $325,000 donation to a group supporting President Trump's reelection. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, associates of Rudy Giuliani, were arrested Wednesday night trying to flee the country with one-way tickets at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, according to the Associated Press.
Congressman Brian Mast received a $2,173 donation on June 12, 2018, from an Igor Furman, according to federal election filings. Federal prosecutors claim Furman was an alias Igor Fruman used to donate to campaigns without being detected by the Federal Election Commission. Furman donated to several high profile republican candidates in competitive 2018 races.
Congressman Mast will be giving the money back, according to a spokesperson.
https://cbs12.com/news/local/congressman-brian-mast-to-return-donations-from-ukrainian-businessmen-with-giuliani-ties
by Jay OBrienThursday, October 10th 2019
Congressman Brian Mast criticized by veterans over his support for AR15 ban (WPEC)
BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) Notable Florida Republicans, including Treasure Coast Congressman Brian Mast, have been connected to donations from two Ukrainian businessmen connected to President Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Both men, Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, were indicted Thursday by federal prosecutors for election law violations. The charges stem from a $325,000 donation to a group supporting President Trump's reelection. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, associates of Rudy Giuliani, were arrested Wednesday night trying to flee the country with one-way tickets at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, according to the Associated Press.
Congressman Brian Mast received a $2,173 donation on June 12, 2018, from an Igor Furman, according to federal election filings. Federal prosecutors claim Furman was an alias Igor Fruman used to donate to campaigns without being detected by the Federal Election Commission. Furman donated to several high profile republican candidates in competitive 2018 races.
Congressman Mast will be giving the money back, according to a spokesperson.
https://cbs12.com/news/local/congressman-brian-mast-to-return-donations-from-ukrainian-businessmen-with-giuliani-ties
And apparently other (R)s in congressional races in FL got $$ too.
malaise
(269,157 posts)8. We should add all of them to this thread
for the national pattern of corruption - it explains the silence and deference.
Shit be real!!!
BumRushDaShow
(129,453 posts)10. Would need a whole wall to put that up!
malaise
(269,157 posts)11. Well Humpty Trumpy is falling off that wall as I type
BumRushDaShow
(129,453 posts)12. DUzy!
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)9. KICK
pecosbob
(7,543 posts)13. Maybe we should have TSA put out a no-fly alert for fleeing Congressmen
I always wonder who they intend to 'give it back' to? A shell corporation that makes illegal political contributions? One would assume that all money held by those entities would be seized.