Ex-Bachmann aide alleges campaign finance violations

[MinneapolisMatt]

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

WASHINGTON - A top adviser in Michele Bachmann's 2012 White House bid has filed a complaint with federal election officials alleging campaign finance violations involving her presidential campaign and the independent political action committee she leads.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint was filed Tuesday by Peter Waldron, a widely known evangelist enlisted by the Bachmann campaign for outreach to Christian conservatives. The filing follows his allegations last week that the Bachmann campaign has withheld payments to staffers who refused to sign confidentiality agreements.

Waldron, formerly Bachmann's national field coordinator, is accusing the campaign of improperly dipping into money from MichelePAC to pay longtime fundraising consultant Guy Short for presidential campaign work he performed in the critical final weeks ahead of Iowa's caucuses last year.

Waldron also alleges that the campaign concealed payments to Iowa state campaign chairman Kent Sorenson, a state senator who abruptly left the Bachmann camp to join then-U.S. Rep. Ron Paul's insurgent campaign. Under Iowa Senate rules, Waldron maintains, Sorenson could not perform paid work for a presidential campaign.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/187048461.html

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Lots more at link.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. It's always a treat to watch

the snakes biting each other.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. Yes the snake charmer bites the preacher. Watch out. You see when you mix

religion and politics the stench is so bad it can't come off of Bachmann. She stinks threw and threw.

[truthisfreedom]

2. That's our Michele! I'll only be satisfied if she has to do time.

[johnfunk]

12. ... which will make MSNBC more tolerable on weekends: "Lockup: Michele Bachmann"

... followed by "Lockup: Tom DeLay".

[OffWithTheirHeads]

14. Now THAT is funny!

[The Wizard]

3. Michele and her

closeted quack doctor husband have been gaming the system for years. That's why her musings always have an element of chicanery.

[obama2terms]

5. I actually kind of feel bad for them

I know what it's like to have a GOP'er try to stiff you out of your pay. I used to babysit for a GOP senator's daughter, she racked up 150 bucks in debt with me and tried to drag me into her custody battle with her creepy ex. Once I found that out I demanded my money ( and I wasn't nice about it, only because I was livid that she would try to drag me into her custody battle) and told her to find someone else to piss on. These people are just as nuts as Bachmann but they deserve to be paid for doing their job.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Lay down with dogs. nt

[DJ13]

7. So THATS what was behind the demand for confidentiality agreements

....before she would pay some Iowa campaign workers.

[freshwest]

10. Beats taking the Fifth on the stand, huh?

Although the way the GOP behaves, they don't think this is odd at all. They see a pile of money and don't care about the law, just whatever they need. No reciepts, no accounting, just whoopee!

[Angry Dragon]

8. prison ahead for Michele

[wordpix]

9. here's hoping Michele T-bagger goes down - maybe she can preach in prison

[johnfunk]

11. Righteous Xtian? No. PAC of lies? Oh yeah...

[Left Coast2020]

13. Book Em Danno!