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Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) Committee Pays $700,000 in Legal Fees

Finance World News Update by EQUITIES Magazine

An ethics investigation into retired U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) cost over $700,000 in campaign contributions to pay lawyers’ bills.

 

In an October 2008 report to the Federal Election Commission, Domenici’s People for Pete committee documented $705,043 in legal fees, with $602,054 going to the Washington D.C.-based firm, O’Melveny & Meyers.

 

Judith Ingram, FEC press officer, stated the committee requested an advisory opinion about spending campaign funds for legal fees but withdrew its request because the FEC lacked a quorum to rule. 

 

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