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Article: Donor in Richardson probe gave to Obama; Questions raised about Democrats' vetting of money.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2009
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Byline: Jerry Seper and Jim McElhatton, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The political donor at the center of a corruption investigation that scuttled Bill Richardson's Cabinet nomination gave $28,500 to President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Party in September, one month after the existence of the investigation was already public, records show.
The money from businessman David Rubin, chief executive of Los Angeles-based CDR Financial Products Inc., raised new questions Tuesday about how thoroughly Mr. Obama's campaign and the Democratic Party vet their donors, an issue that has dogged the party since a 1990s Clinton-era fundraising scandal.
Mr. ...