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brooklynite

(94,602 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 02:59 PM Jun 2015

Report says Guinta had no right to campaign money; Congressman still insists $355,000 is his - See m

Source: Manchester Union-Leader

U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta’s mother and sister contradict his claim that $355,000 given to his 2010 campaign was his own money, newly released Federal Election Commission documents show.

There is no evidence to support the “family pot defense,” a theory he put forward claiming legal title to money in an account held solely in his parents’ names, according to FEC documents. The documents detail a $1 million fund belonging to his parents he could tap to help pay for expenses — including his mayoral campaign in Manchester, credit card bills and mortgages. But federal investigators said he had no legal right to the money.

For years, Guinta has maintained the money did not belong to his parents.

His mother, Virginia Guinta, told the FEC that she understood the funds were loans that would be repaid.

Read more: http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150603/NEWS06/150609724&template=mobileart



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Report says Guinta had no right to campaign money; Congressman still insists $355,000 is his - See m (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2015 OP
I figured he was an R when it was never mentioned in the article. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #1
NHGOP chair Horn says Guinta 'lied, betrayed public trust' alp227 Jun 2015 #2

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
1. I figured he was an R when it was never mentioned in the article.
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 03:17 PM
Jun 2015

If he was a D it would have been shouted from the rooftops.

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