Republican National Committee

RNC Says It Recouped Nightclub Expenses

Rachel Slajda | July 9, 2010, 1:46PM

RNC chairman Michael Steele

The Republican National Committee has responded to a report in the Daily Caller today claiming the RNC had never recouped the $2,000 spent at a racy L.A. nightclub. A spokesman for the RNC says the report is wrong, and it has gotten the money back.

The Caller reported today that they couldn't find any reimbursements for the $1,946 bill in the RNC's Federal Elections Commission filings. When the expense came to light in late March -- causing plenty of embarrassment for the party and leading to multiple firings -- the RNC promised to recoup the money.

But RNC spokesman Doug Heye says the party did get its money back, in a different way.

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