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Senator requests kickback probe
Washington Times ^ | 2/24/04 | Brian DeBose

Posted on 02/23/2004 9:51:23 PM PST by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:13:29 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell has referred a potentially criminal salary-kickback scheme discovered in his office to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics for a full investigation.

The Colorado Republican recently discovered that his chief of staff, Ginnie Kontnik, admitted giving a staffer, Brian D. Thompson, a substantial raise in October 2002 so that he could give her $2,000 in return.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nighthorsecampbell

1 posted on 02/23/2004 9:51:23 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Gee the underlings in some of these Congressional offices must think that all the perks, goodies, kickbacks and bribes that go to their bosses should be coming to them too. The only difference between this gal and dozens of others is that this one got caught.
2 posted on 02/23/2004 10:03:11 PM PST by holyscroller
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