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A few too many yrs in the pen are the kind of thing that can cause a guy to
make some things up to "earn" leniency

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Missy Owens <missy.owens@gmail.com> wrote:

> *POSSIBLE JAIL TIME FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE SCOFFLAW:* Violating the
> Federal Election Campaign Act doesn't pay, at least not for a Delaware
> businessman who faces up to 16 years in the slammer after pleading guilty to
> a variety of federal election and tax charges.
>
> The Department of Justice says that N-K-S Distributors President
> Christopher Tigani "directly and indirectly solicited numerous NKS employees
> to make political contributions" to numerous candidates running for
> president, U.S. Senate, governor of Delaware, Lieutenant governor of
> Delaware and other Delaware state offices.
>
> One politician who received money was Vice President Joe Biden, who was
> running for president at the time, the *Associated Press* reports<http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9NP0HKG0.htm>.
> Biden's camp says it had no knowledge of the scheme, and several pols are
> now divesting of money they received from or through Tigani, the *
> Wilmington* (Del.) *News Journal* wites<http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110610/NEWS02/106100364>
> .
>
> Said FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Richard A. McFeely: "Individuals who seek
> to circumvent federal election laws undermine the entire election process
> and deny a level playing field for all candidates. The FBI takes these
> offenses very seriously. This investigation is far reaching and still active
> and ongoing."
>
> During the past dozen years, Tigani himself has been a regular donor to
> various politicians and political committees, including the Senate campaigns
> of now-Vice President Joe Biden (D-Del.), former Sen. Hillary Clinton
> (D-N.Y.), Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), former President George W. Bush and the
> Republican State Committee of Delaware, according to federal records.
>
> Read the Justice Department's statement on the matter here:
> justicestatement.pdf<http://www.opensecrets.org/news/justicestatement.pdf>
>
> And to view OpenSecrets.org's records of Tigani's personal political
> contributions during the past three election cycles, click on the chart
> below:
>
> [image: tigani06.10a.jpg]<http://www.opensecrets.org/news/assets_c/2011/06/tigani06.10a-5215.html>
>
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