Oklahoman Finds More Straw Donors To McMahan, Henry, Mass; McMahan Cites Donor Forms
The Oklahoman reports today it has identified more straw donors to the campaigns of Auditor & Inspector Jeff McMahan, Governor Brad Henry and former legislator Mike Mass.
Investigative reporters Nolan Clay and Tony Thornton report that about a dozen donors to the McMahan and Henry campaigns contributed about the same amounts they were paid by companies tied to abstract company owner Steve Phipps and former Senator Gene Stipe. The companies, Phipps, Stipe and others are now the focus of a federal investigation.
Clay and Thornton report they were able to identify the previously-unnamed donors by matching the names on "internal financial records" they obtained to campaign donor lists.
McMahan said his campaign obtained "contributor statements from everyone who contributed" and he thus assumed the donations to his campaign were legal.
Read more at www.newsok.com or by obtaining a copy of Sunday's edition of The Oklahoman.
Investigative reporters Nolan Clay and Tony Thornton report that about a dozen donors to the McMahan and Henry campaigns contributed about the same amounts they were paid by companies tied to abstract company owner Steve Phipps and former Senator Gene Stipe. The companies, Phipps, Stipe and others are now the focus of a federal investigation.
Clay and Thornton report they were able to identify the previously-unnamed donors by matching the names on "internal financial records" they obtained to campaign donor lists.
McMahan said his campaign obtained "contributor statements from everyone who contributed" and he thus assumed the donations to his campaign were legal.
Read more at www.newsok.com or by obtaining a copy of Sunday's edition of The Oklahoman.
Labels: Brad Henry, Campaign Finance Scandal, Jeff McMahan, Mike Mass, Nolan Clay, The Oklahoman, Tony Thornton
posted by Mike McCarville @ 12:09 AM
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