Burns’ (ex?) staffer accused of fraud, theft

August 25, 2006 in Conrad Burns

So you probably heard the news over at Left in the West already, but Conrad Burns’ fundraising chief, Pat Davison, is accused of fraud. Basically he bilked a couple of families for more than a million dollars.

Now, to me, that means Burns’ incoming campaign money might be tainted. I mean, if the guy in charge of raising money for you is a conman and thief, shouldn’t that mean the funds he raised for the Senator undergo a little extra scrutiny?

Anyhow, what I wanted to mention here was a line from Jan Falstad’s Gazette piece on Davison’s fall:

Davison also was co-chairman of the re-election finance committee for Sen. Conrad Burns, D-Mont., but resigned recently according to the Associated Press.

I guess this means Klindt will start yelling that it’s a bipartisan scandal.

And who says traditional media has a liberal bias?

Update: Shane’s done the homework, found the Davison “companies,” and tracked how much each has anted up to Burns and Rehberg’s coffers. Will these folks hold on to their ill-gotten donations, or will they give the money back from whom it was stolen?

Update 2: Pogie has posted a summary of the charges. My, oh, my!