A national story has some rural Minnesota legs. In How Minnesota Republicans benefited from Giuliani associates indicted on campaign crimes, Dave Orrick reports at the Pioneer Press:
Four Minnesota Republican congressmen and the state party have found themselves entangled in the web surrounding two indicted associates of Rudolph Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman made a host of political donations that are now being scrutinized after they were arrested on federal allegations that they leveraged their donations in a campaign to force the removal of the former American ambassador to Ukraine, a situation related to the Ukrainian issues at the center of the Democratic-led U.S. House impeachment inquiry of Trump. . . .
PETE STAUBER
U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, R-8th, didn’t receive any donations from Parnas or Fruman, but his victorious 2018 campaign against Democrat Joe Radinovich presumably benefited from an effort funded by Parnas and Fruman.
Global Energy Producers, a company created by Parnas and Fruman in 2018, also contributed $325,000 to pro-Trump super political action committee America First Action, according to the Washington Post. The PAC spent roughly $3.3 million in ads against Radinovich, according to FEC records.
Stauber could not be reached for comment Friday.
JIM HAGEDORN
Like Stauber, U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, R-1st, didn’t receive any direct donations from Parnas or Fruman, but his campaign against Democrat Dan Feehan presumably benefited.
America First Action spent about $1.7 million in anti-Feehan efforts.
Hagedorn could not be reached for comment Friday.
My, my.
Photo: While Stauber will face one of several new contenders in MN08, it's likely that Hagedorn (left) will face Dan Feehan (right) again in Minnesota's Fighting First. Hagedorn beat the young combat veteran by 1,315 votes in 2018.
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My first thought when I saw the picture was "Backer?"Then I read "Hagedorn"
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Posted by: Sue Engstrom | Oct 12, 2019 at 10:08 AM