"McCain campaign returning $50,000; Was solicited by foreign citizen" by Associated Press | August 8, 2008
WASHINGTON - John McCain's campaign said last evening that it is returning about $50,000 in contributions solicited by a foreign citizen.
The move follows disclosures that the money was being raised by a Jordanian man who is a business partner of prominent Florida Republican Harry Sargeant III.
The New York Times reported yesterday that Sargeant allowed Abu Naba'a, a longtime business partner, to bring in some $50,000 in donations in March from members of a single extended family, the Abdullahs, in California, along with several of their friends. The Times reported that several of the donors initially wrote checks of $9,200, exceeding the $2,300 limit for an individual gift.
Well, those are ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN contributions, and yet where is the AmeriKan MSM TV?
(imagine sound of crickets chirping here)
Through Abu Naba'a's connections, Sargeant has brought in more than $100,000 in contributions from several dozen Arab-Americans in California, including the Abdullahs, for four candidates - McCain, Senator Hillary Clinton, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Charlie Crist in his successful campaign for Florida governor in 2006. Crist is a close friend and college fraternity brother of Sargeant.
Sargeant, a former Marine fighter pilot with business interests around the world, told the Times that he has known Abu Naba'a for more than a decade and has worked with him on commercial ventures, including a contract with the Pentagon to supply fuel to the military in Iraq.
A US House committee chairman is looking into Sargeant's defense contracts for shipping fuel to American bases in Iraq as part of a probe into whether contractors are engaging in overcharging."
Oh, so the ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS where set up by a WAR-PROFITEER, huh?
Imagine my (lack of) shock!
