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Marco Rubio haunted by allegations over Florida 'slush fund' and spending
As speaker of state House of Representatives, 2016 White House hopeful was accused of using conservative action committee dollars for private expenditure
Richard Luscombe in Miami
@richlusc
Sunday 7 June 2015 07.00 EDT
It is an episode that Marco Rubio had hoped was long forgotten a federal investigation and top-to-toe examination of the Florida GOPs financial trickery at the end of the last decade that saw the states party chairman jailed for grand theft and money laundering and another senior Republican facing corruption charges.
Rubio, who was speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009, emerged unscathed as agents from the US attorneys office, Internal Revenue Service, FBI and the Florida department of law enforcement examined a number of senior party figures.
But now that he is running for president, and enjoying a popularity surge that placed him top of the crowded field of Republican White House hopefuls in last weeks CNN/ORC poll, questions over Rubios fiscal propriety appear to be coming back to haunt his campaign. Opponents will seize on his misuse of a party-issued credit card, and separate accusations that he treated hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations to two conservative action committees he established before he became speaker as a personal slush fund.
Theres no other way of putting it than saying he raised money to travel and to go for fine-dining meals when the purpose of those committees was to help elect candidates running for public office, said Christian Ulvert, a senior Democratic adviser who was the opposition partys communications chief in Florida when Rubio was speaker.
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/06/marco-rubio-campaign-funds
FSogol
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(6,145 posts)mgcgulfcoast
(1,127 posts)we must attack him 24/7
FSogol
(45,481 posts)Although I understand the sentiments.
calimary
(81,222 posts)HEY DEMS!!!! Fresh meat! Let's EAT!!!
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)marble falls
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(9,387 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 9, 2015, 09:54 PM - Edit history (2)
Thank you for your OP, Judi Lynn. Glad you aren't allowing this little bought-off opportunist any slack.
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BlueStater
(7,596 posts)I knew what a weasel this empty suit was the second I ever heard of him.
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(58,648 posts)you need a conscience for that. Empathy helps, too. Real lack of those emotions in most Repub leaders I see.