Herman Cain

Ex-Herman Cain Staffer On That Other Scandal: 'Would I Trust Mark Block? Resoundingly No.'

Evan McMorris-Santoro and Ryan J. Reilly | November 3, 2011, 1:20PM

Relying on Herman Cain's Chief Of Staff Mark Block to investigate his own financial dealings is "like asking Willie Sutton to hire an independent counsel," a former Cain regional field staffer told TPM in an interview this week.

The staffer, who worked with Block and implemented his campaign strategy, said the famous smoker is not to be trusted to get to the bottom of whether, as documents appear to show, his company Prosperity USA footed the bill "for tens of thousands of dollars in expenses for such items as iPads, chartered flights and travel to Iowa and Las Vegas" to get the Cain campaign off the ground.

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