Defense contractor pleads guilty to illegal contributions, incl Kerry

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Funds went to Kerry, Cunningham, Hunter

By Marisa Taylor
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

February 12, 2004

A former San Diego defense contractor pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally giving two California congressmen and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry campaign contributions that his company later listed as expenses in Navy contracts.

Parthasarathi Majumder, the former chief executive officer of Science and Applied Technology, admitted circumventing campaign finance laws between 1993 and 1998 by using his employees and friends to funnel money to Kerry, who is the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, and to U.S. Reps. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Escondido, and Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon.

Majumder, 52, reimbursed the donors for their contributions and then recovered the money by billing the Navy.

In a plea agreement filed in San Diego federal court, prosecutors estimated that the illegal contributions totaled at least $95,000. They did not specify how much each lawmaker received.



http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20040212-9999-1n12donors.html

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1. So??? Why are we singling out Kerry?

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5. Kerry wrote 18 letters (presumably in return for donations)

Between 1993 and 1998, SAT employees and the company's political action committee contributed $31,400 to Kerry's campaign, making them fourth on his list of top donors during that period.

Meanwhile, the AARGM program was winning strong bipartisan support.

When the Department of Defense didn't immediately set aside money for the program in the mid-1990s, the three lawmakers were among a group of politicians who fired off letters demanding that the funds be released.

Kerry, who had long worked with SAT's Massachusetts partner, Militech, wrote 18 letters to military officials and members of Congress in a push for funding.

"Mr. Secretary, I ask that you advise me immediately of the grounds on which the Navy refuses to release these funds," Kerry wrote to the secretary of the Navy. "Development of this important program already has been delayed by the unnecessary delays in fund ing. This not only is resulting in our air forces being unable to benefit from the protection of the AARGM ... but also very soon will require the contractor to terminate its personnel associated with this project."

[molly]

2. Contributor admits guilt over illegal donations

is the title of the article - John Kerry was not involved.

...snip....

"his sentencing hearing April 28, Majumder faces up to five years in prison, but he is likely to receive a year or less. He and SAT agreed in December to pay more than $3 million to settle a separate civil lawsuit filed against him by the government for submitting false claims."

[Mairead]

8. And another example of the class war

Someone who kites a few checks to buy food and clothes for her kids might do 3 years in prison, but this guy will basically go free.

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3. Good. I'm glad the guy was caught.

BTW...has Dean released the records of the Entergy deal that he had sealed? You remember, the papers that document the Vermont Yankee sale he arranged and whose executives donated to his campaign and pac?

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4. Let's not forget this little bit now.

"Vermont Yankeegate"

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6. This thread is about Kerry and illegal campaign donations

And has nothing to do with Dean.

If you are interested in discussing Dean, you might try posting seperate thread.

If it is not new, timely information, like this article, it has probably already been discussed and is in the archives.

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7. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...How could it be examined

and discussed when Dean has never allowed the documents to be seen?


HAHAHAHAH...typical. Point fingers at Kerry while pretending Dean is above accusation.

Horse pucky. Dean has NEVER been examined and he and his campaign are dishonestly demagoguing about campaign donations.

An HONEST opponent would compile his donations using the same lifetime formula and compare them side by side.

But that's not what Dean is doing, is it?

Show us the Entergy documents, Howard and compare them with the donations to your campaign and pac.