Dem Pleads Guilty in Illegal Campaign Donation Case

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Jeffrey Thompson has pleaded guilty in a case involving millions of dollars in illegal campaign donations to Democrat candidates. that included a 2008 candidate for President. Alana Goodman, Washington Free Beacon, has the story:

A major Democratic donor pleaded guilty on Monday to funneling millions of dollars in illegal campaign donations to federal and local politicians, including an unnamed 2008 presidential candidate believed to be Hillary Clinton.

District of Columbia businessman Jeffrey Thompson, who federal prosecutors say financed a “shadow campaign” for D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray in 2010, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws.

Thompson claimed some of the candidates, including Gray, were aware of the illegal fundraising.

According to prosecutors, Thompson funded a $600,000 shadow campaign “in coordination with and in support for a federal candidate for president of the United States.”

The charges did not name the candidate.

Last September, the Washington Post reported that Thompson allegedly paid a marketing executive “more than $608,000 to hire ‘street teams’ to distribute posters, stickers, and yard signs beginning in February 2008 to help raise Clinton’s profile during her primary battle with then-Sen. Barack Obama.”

The marketing executive, Troy White, pleaded guilty last September to a misdemeanor tax charge related to Thompson’s alleged illegal campaign financing.

According to the Associated Press, Clinton aide Minyon Moore was identified as the conduit between the Clinton campaign and the illegal financing effort.

A spokesperson for Hillary Clinton did not return request for comment.

Thomas was known as “Uncle Earl” to mask his operation.