NRCC probe scares GOP - looks like Fraud, smells like fraud, walks like fraud....

[Democrat 4 Ever]

Over at Politico.com seems they have found a little story that includes bookkeeping irregularities, the GOP and the FBI is looking into it. Is it just a genetic trait in a repug that HE has to steal?

For your viewing pleasure.

NRCC probe scares GOP

By: Patrick O'Connor and John Bresnahan
Feb 6, 2008 06:10 AM EST

Cole said there were “accounting irregularities” at the committee that “may include fraud.”

Top House Republicans were told in recent days that a former employee of their campaign committee may have forged an official audit during the contentious 2006 election cycle and that they should brace for the possibility that an unfolding investigation could uncover financial improprieties stretching back several years, according to GOP sources briefed on the members-only discussions.

The National Republican Congressional Committee has retained a forensic auditor to review its accounting for the last several election cycles, the sources said.

The NRCC’s accounting problems were discussed during two high-level conference calls between senior GOP lawmakers on Friday and Monday night, according to Republicans briefed on the calls.

“There is a sense that this could be very damaging to the committee,” said a Republican insider close to the GOP leadership.

The precise details of the suspected accounting irregularities and their possible fallout are not entirely clear. NRCC officials and top GOP leaders are being tight-lipped in large part because the FBI is investigating the matter. An outside lawyer advising members and staff has warned everyone at the committee to keep quiet.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8349.html

[ursi]

1. couldn"t happen to a nicer party! Where's Rove?

[meegbear]

2. The question now is will it continue ...

they could argue that this probe could be used as an election year tactic to smear the party and wait until after November.

Would they do that and would it hold up?

[tanyev]

3. This could get interesting.

As treasurer, Ward was in charge of NRCC bookkeeping, tracking tens of millions of dollars in political contributions and expenditures. He has been at the center of NRCC bookkeeping for more than a decade.

Ward also served as treasurer for numerous other Republican campaigns and leadership political action committees, according to FEC records.


Haven't they learned not to hire one of their own to handle the money?