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Mark "Smoking Guy" Block: Herman Cain Campaign Probe Of Allegations I Broke The Law Will Wrap Soon
Mark Block: Herman Cain Campaign’s Probe Of Allegations I Broke The Law Will Wrap ‘Soon’
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/mark_block_herman_cain_campaigns_probe_of_allegations_i_broke_the_law_will_wrap_soon.php
RYAN J. REILLY JANUARY 25, 2012, 4:34 PM
Documents uncovered by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel showed that a firm run by chain smoking Cain chief-of-staff Mark Block had helped get the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO’s presidential run off the ground by donating iPads, chartered flights and travel to Iowa to the campaign — all of which would be considered illegal in-kind donations.
The charges came at a convenient time for Cain — the media was mostly focused on the sexual harassment charges — so they mostly managed to brush off the issue by saying they’d opened their own probe into the matter. Who’s running the investigation? They wouldn’t say. How long will it take? Nada.
A few months later, it’s the same story, as TPM found out when we caught up with Block at the National Press Club Tuesday night ahead of Cain’s response on behalf of the Tea Party Express to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address. TPM asked when we could expect to see the results of that investigation.
“Soon,” Block said.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/mark_block_herman_cain_campaigns_probe_of_allegations_i_broke_the_law_will_wrap_soon.php
RYAN J. REILLY JANUARY 25, 2012, 4:34 PM
Documents uncovered by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel showed that a firm run by chain smoking Cain chief-of-staff Mark Block had helped get the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO’s presidential run off the ground by donating iPads, chartered flights and travel to Iowa to the campaign — all of which would be considered illegal in-kind donations.
The charges came at a convenient time for Cain — the media was mostly focused on the sexual harassment charges — so they mostly managed to brush off the issue by saying they’d opened their own probe into the matter. Who’s running the investigation? They wouldn’t say. How long will it take? Nada.
A few months later, it’s the same story, as TPM found out when we caught up with Block at the National Press Club Tuesday night ahead of Cain’s response on behalf of the Tea Party Express to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address. TPM asked when we could expect to see the results of that investigation.
“Soon,” Block said.
