Stanford’s political connections

Financial Times ^ | February 20 2009 | Steven Bernard and Jeremy Lemer

[Lorianne]

Sir Allen Stanford is a man with many connections: to tax havens, to glamourous sporting events and also to Washington DC.

The list of US politicians who have received campaign contributions from Sir Allen, reads like a who’s who of the great and the good. Prominent names include Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, John McCain and George W. Bush.

Leading members of the congressional committees with oversight for the banking and financial systems were also among the biggest beneficiaries of Sir Allen’s largesse.

Many on the list have scrambled to distance themselves from the Texan billionaire as federal authorities have widened their investigations into an alleged $8bn investment fraud at his Antigua-based investment bank.

Use this graphic to take a look at the twenty political organisations and politicians that received the largest amounts of cash from Sir Allen, his family and colleagues.

[Brilliant]

Since those on the banking committee were not named I’m betting they are Dems.