Kerry campaign received illegal cash from contractor [View All]

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Story in UK Guardian :scared:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1152066,00.html

The campaign of the Democratic frontrunner, John Kerry, was put on the defensive yesterday when it emerged that he had lobbied the Pentagon on behalf of a defence contractor who had made illegal contributions to his campaign for re-election as a Massachusetts senator.

The Los Angeles Times said Parthasarathi Majumder, whose firm was working on a missile project, had pleaded guilty last week to breaking campaign finance law by instructing his employees to make donations, totalling $25,000 (£13,190), to Senator Kerry between 1993 and 1998 and then reimbursing them.