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Grand jury brings fresh scrutiny to Alison Grimes’ campaigns
Lexington Herald-Leader ^ | FEBRUARY 6, 2016 | John Cheves

Posted on 02/07/2016 8:55:00 PM PST by Republican Wildcat

During her three political campaigns, including an $18 million run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes reported paying $111,831 to Lexington companies owned by her father, former state Democratic Party chairman Jerry Lundergan, and $41,745 more in direct payments to him and other family members, for various services.

One Lundergan company purchased and provided Grimes with a 45-foot tour bus she used for her Senate campaign. Another owns The Carrick House on North Limestone, where she held several major events. Grimes and Lundergan also shared Lexington attorney Robert "Coley" Stilz III, who was treasurer for her state and federal campaigns and registered agent for his corporations, S.R. Holding Co. and GCL Properties.

These family ties - and the question of whether candidate Grimes properly reimbursed businessman Lundergan - are getting fresh scrutiny now that a federal grand jury in Lexington has subpoenaed records from the pair related to her campaigns and his corporations.

"It is outright illegal to use any corporate resources to fund a federal campaign," said Craig Holman at Public Citizen, a campaign-finance watchdog in Washington. "The candidate has got to be exceedingly careful that they are paying the full market value for these resources, and they better have the documentation on hand to prove they paid the full market value."

(Excerpt) Read more at kentucky.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 2014election; 2016election; alisongrimes; election2014; election2016; grimes; kentucky; lundergangrimes

1 posted on 02/07/2016 8:55:00 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Let guess. A BIG Hillary supporter, yes?


2 posted on 02/07/2016 8:57:17 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

She’s WAY cuter than H->!. Cut her some slack. Plus she is a looser....


3 posted on 02/07/2016 9:12:44 PM PST by Paladin2 (w)
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To: BenLurkin

But of course.

How convenient news of this investigation didn’t come out until after she was safely and narrowly re-elected.


4 posted on 02/07/2016 9:13:59 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Always suspected she was ridin’ dirty


5 posted on 02/07/2016 9:46:51 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

She’d still have done us a favor if she had knocked off Ditch.


6 posted on 02/07/2016 9:59:14 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Republican Wildcat
In before the Lazamataz "i'd hit it", but only because the sinkmeister beat us both...


7 posted on 02/07/2016 10:02:12 PM PST by Don W ( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Lazamataz

Sorry, I forgot to ping you.


8 posted on 02/07/2016 10:03:02 PM PST by Don W ( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Gov. Bevin should demand her resignation. The appearance of impropriety and all that.


9 posted on 02/08/2016 2:11:32 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Republican Wildcat

She was still the lesser evil against Yertle


10 posted on 02/08/2016 6:18:44 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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