Harold Russell Taub, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully against Democratic Rep. David Cicilline in 2016, solicited more than $1.6 million to two organizations he falsely presented as political action committees. According to the Justice Department, Taub used more than half of what he collected for “purely personal expenses.
On Thursday, Taub pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and campaign finance violations in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island. He will be sentenced July 12. Taub also claimed to be a former ambassador, repeatedly using a high-level military officer’s name even after being instructed not to do so, the Justice Department said.
The scam dates back to 2016 and continued up until late last year. Prosecutors said Taub spent contribution money on airfare, hotel rooms, restaurant meals, clothes, cigars, strip club visits and “escort services,” the Providence Journal
You should have asked realDonaldTrump how to launder the money through various charities
I always have to look to see which party they belonged to. Republicans keep popping up the most
Another Republican keeping up that fine tradition of scheming & scamming for mom, apple pie, and the Republican way of doing shit! *Probably a recent graduate of the Mitch McConnell School of Ethics & Cosmetics!
They all do it. I'm not surprised.
What? Trump does this daily.