Exclusive: Texas Prosecutor Seeks Governor Blunt's Campaign Finance Records

Submitted by Roy Temple on Thu, 12/15/2005 - 11:37am.

Pursuant to a Missouri Sunshine Law request, Fired Up! has obtained records which indicate that Texas prosecutors in the criminal case against Rep. Tom DeLay recently sought certified copies of campaign finance disclosure reports for the year 2000 for Governor Matt Blunt and his principal campaign committee, Missourians For Matt Blunt.

Previous news reports have revealed that Prosecutor Ronnie Earle was looking at bank records and campaign finance reports for ARMPAC, Roy Blunt's Leadership PAC--the Rely On Your Beliefs Fund, and the Missouri Republican Party.

However, Fired Up! is the first to report that Earle's investigators are now specifically reviewing the campaign finance records of Missouri's chief executive.

The November 28, 2005 request on the letterhead of the Office of the District Attorney, also seeks certified copies of committee disclosures for the Rely On Your Beliefs Fund.  The letter is signed by Marshall E. Vogt, CPA, a Sergeant Investigator in the Special Prosecution/Public Integrity Unit.

Records at the Missouri Ethics Commission indicate that the response to Earle's request totalled 829 pages.


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Who will prosecute?

Submitted by Libertarian Kevin on Fri, 12/16/2005 - 8:42am.
I wonder if this will be a state case or a federal case? If it's a state case, is there someone in AOG-central that will dare prosecute? If it's a federal case, will Todd Graves (R-Kit Bond) or Catherine Hanaway (R-Kit Bond) prosecute? Should be fun to watch.
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I've been banging this drum for a while now...

Submitted by Liberal_in_the_5th on Thu, 12/15/2005 - 5:56pm.

I posted this on my site, Blue Girl, Red State, on November 27th:

The wheels are coming off the bus. Sorry, but they are. With Scanlon squealing, all bets are off.

And now, it turns out that Missouri has a dog in the Abramoff fight as well as in the DeLay imbroglio. Last week, in a front-page newsstory that ran on his birthday, we learned Governor Blunt has no trouble sleeping at night. Must be some really good drugs, then. Otherwise I don't see how he gets any sleep.

Lets see...He has an apporoval rating that is nearing the <30% basement...See http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/3153 for the story on the state lobbying contracts, and Here for the full story on the ever-widening national scandal that has the potential to bring down administration officials, congresscritters and senators.

Not to mention, Ronnie Earle may just demand a peak at the campaign finance records of young Master Blunt's 2000 run for Secretary of State...Oh to see the fair-haired Matty get his ass handed to him on a stick by Ronnie Earle!

Pass the popcorn, the curtain is going up.

Proudly Progressive; --Tammy

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Glad you covered it...

Submitted by Miller on Thu, 12/15/2005 - 4:58pm.
You would think we don't have political reporters in this state.  Way to go, Roy!  It is an important story, and you seem to be the only one covering it. 
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