There's certainly a lack of attention to detail and poor accounting practices here, but these sorts of things are common in political accounts.
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You're talking about standard operating procedure here in Washington suddenly being turned on its head and a key operator signing a plea agreement that he may have been involved in some kind of public corruption.Kent Cooper
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That's a huge expense. Most of these pre-presidential-type candidates will do this and use their leadership PACs as much as possible.
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Now you've got someone admitting exactly what the motivation was and explaining all the avenues they used.
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