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  • John McCain to donate Stanford-tainted donations; no word from other recipients

    02/18/2009 10:01:05 AM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 6 replies · 438+ views
    The Dallas Morning News - Trail Blazers ^ | 2009-02-18 | Todd J. Gillman
    One of Washington's time honored rituals is that when a donor turns out to be a sleaze ball, or even an alleged sleaze ball, beneficiaries distance themselves -typically by donating the amount received by their campaign committees to charity. The disgorging has begun when it comes to R. Allen Stanford, the Houston-based banker who - according to the SEC - ran a fraudulent $8 billion investment scheme out of his office on the Caribbean island Antigua. Sen. John McCain of Arizona was the first major recipient to step forward. An aide said this morning that he will donate his receipts...