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Article: Legal Bills Mount in Rosty Probe // More Than $355,000 Paid From Campaign Funds
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 3, 1993
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U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski has now spent more than $355,000 in
campaign funds to pay lawyers representing him and his associates in
the federal grand jury investigation of his finances, records show.
Two Rostenkowski political committees spent $201,333 on lawyers
in the first six months of this year as the investigation grew more
intense. Prosecutors are attempting to finish their probe of
improprieties at the House post office while also investigating other
aspects of Rostenkowski's finances.
Last year, the Chicago Democratic congressman used $153,930 in
campaign funds for legal expenses.
House rules allow Rostenkowski to avoid using his personal funds
for lawyers by legally tapping ...