TPMMuckraker David Vitter: August 2010
Brent Furer
Vitter's Office Paid For Aide's Trips Home For Court Appearances: Report
Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
Sen. David Vitter's (R-LA) office apparently paid for a staffer's trips from Washington, D.C., to Louisiana when the staffer was due to appear in court on drunken driving charges.
The Advocate reports that Vitter paid for Brent Furer -- the aide who resigned earlier this year over reports of his domestic violence and DWI charges -- to take two trips to Baton Rouge in 2007 and 2008. The trips coincided with court dates related to Furer's most recent DWI arrest in 2004.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (8) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Brent Furer, David Vitter
David Vitter
Vitter Cleared in FEC Probe Of Donations From Barbour PAC
Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
The Federal Elections Commission yesterday ruled that there was no reason to look further into allegations that former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS) used Gov. Haley Barbour's (R-MS) PAC to funnel campaign contributions to Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) in order to avoid bad publicity.
Pickering, of course, last made national news when his wife sued his long-time mistress for alienation of affection in Mississippi; Vitter's reported extramarital assignations with prostitutes are well-documented.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (10) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: Campaign Contributions, Chip Pickering, David Vitter, FEC, Haley Barbour, Louisiana, PACs
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