RNC Treasurer Embezzels Millions from Republican Coffers, Republicans Sweep Story Under Rug
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The former treasurer of a Republican congressional fund-raising committee may have stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars by submitting elaborately forged audit reports for five years using the letterhead of a legitimate auditing firm, a lawyer for the committee said Thursday.
Robert Kelner, a lawyer with Covington & Burling, who was brought in by the National Republican Congressional Committee to investigate accounting irregularities, said a new audit showed that the committee had $740,000 less on hand than it believed. Kelner said it was unclear whether that amount represented money siphoned off by the former treasurer, Christopher J. Ward.
Ward, who is under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had the authority to make transfers of committee money on his own, Kelner said.
He said an investigation with the help of PricewaterhouseCoopers had "found a pattern in which Ward would transfer funds by wire out of the NRCC to outside committees." From those outside committees, Kelner said, money was then transferred to "personal and business accounts of Mr. Ward."
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What a surprise.....another Republican Cover-up!!
Robert Kelner, a lawyer with Covington & Burling, who was brought in by the National Republican Congressional Committee to investigate accounting irregularities, said a new audit showed that the committee had $740,000 less on hand than it believed. Kelner said it was unclear whether that amount represented money siphoned off by the former treasurer, Christopher J. Ward.
Ward, who is under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had the authority to make transfers of committee money on his own, Kelner said.
He said an investigation with the help of PricewaterhouseCoopers had "found a pattern in which Ward would transfer funds by wire out of the NRCC to outside committees." From those outside committees, Kelner said, money was then transferred to "personal and business accounts of Mr. Ward."
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What a surprise.....another Republican Cover-up!!
1 response // RNC Treasurer Embezzels Millions from Republican Coffers, Republicans Sweep Story Under Rug
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Watch mainstream media on this one; 'nothing to see here, move along'! Britney, Paris and don't forget 'Dancing with the Stars', there's no time for stories about Republicans being duped. America doesn't care about their total lack of judgement? America want's to know who is on 'Dancing with the Stars' this week? Who will be eliminated? Who will win? I can't stand the suspense.
The Republican wanted to sweep it under the rug because they didn’t want ordinary Americans thinking about accountability. Accountability could be contagious. No one wants it! It could possibly lead to jail time dysfunction?
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