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Lobbyist Caught In Corruption Probe Could Have Legal Bills Paid By Campaign Funds

Zachary Roth | August 27, 2009, 4:46PM

When most people contribute to a campaign, they don't expect their money is going to be used to pay the legal bills of Washington lobbyists ensnared in a wide-ranging corruption investigation. But that's what could end up happening.

For months now, federal investigators have been looking at whether the PMA Group, a now defunct lobbying firm, tied campaign contributions to earmarks. Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN), who sits on the Defense Appropriations subcommittee and has close ties to PMA, has been subpoenaed for documents in the probe.

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