Posted on 10/27/2005 4:18:52 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Forrester cleared of criminal wrongdoing over contributions By ANGELA DELLI SANTI Associated Press Writer
October 27, 2005, 6:32 PM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Forrester won't be charged with violating campaign finance law, the state's attorney general said Thursday, although he added that the statute Democrats accuse Forrester of violating should be re-examined.
The state law bars people with a majority interest in insurance or banking firms from contributing to political campaigns. Forrester, a multimillionaire majority owner in an insurance brokerage, has donated millions of dollars to his own campaign and hundreds of thousands to other GOP candidates.
Forrester says his actions are legal because the brokerage is licensed in the District of Columbia, not New Jersey.
"It's always nice to be vindicated," Forrester said Thursday. "We've known for a year now we've done everything right."
The campaign of Democratic gubernatorial rival Sen. Jon Corzine, which requested the investigation, said Attorney General Peter Harvey's decision falls short of vindication.
Corzine's campaign said the decision puts Forrester on notice that making future campaign contributions "may well constitute criminal violations of New Jersey's statutes."
Harvey, a Democrat, left the door open for reviewing the law.
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Look at this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513084/posts
Dems attempt Mafia Smear of Judge Alito.
Please get the word out on this dispictable Dem Talking Points memo to New Jersey.
Thanks for that link!
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