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Trial Balloon · Ep. 194: What Just Happened?

Lawmaker’s Aide Found Guilty in Campaign Finance Case

December 4, 2018 · 7:04 am ET · Leave a Comment

“A federal jury Monday found Rep. Bob Brady’s (D-PA) top political strategist, Ken Smukler, guilty of nine of 11 counts of repeatedly flouting campaign finance laws in a case that once threatened to ensnare the congressman himself,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

“Smukler, 58, who has helped dozens of Democrats win public officeover the last 30 years, was convicted of coordinating multiple unlawful contributions and falsifying finance reports for candidates in back-to-back congressional races.”

Campaign Finance Bob Brady

FBI Investigates Congressman for Paying Opponent to Quit

November 21, 2017 · 5:41 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“The FBI said it is investigating Rep. Bob Brady (D-PA) for an alleged scheme to pay his primary opponent to drop out of a 2012 race against him and for allegedly lying to investigators,” the Daily Beast reports.

“The revelation came from a search warrant application unsealed in a Pennsylvania federal court on Monday… An FBI agent asked a judge to authorize access to Brady’s personal email account on the belief it holds evidence contradicting an anticipated defense about the campaign payments. The judge approved the warrant and the FBI said it got one CD worth of data from the e-mail account.”

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