Bachmann, Pawlenty, Coleman, Rove, Bush, Mondale, and a convicted felon--what a cast of characters

[Minnesota Raindog]

The pardon trail of Frank Elroy Vennes Jr. is littered with more than $217,000 in political campaign contributions and letters of recommendation for presidential clemency from the very same politicians and political officers who benefited from Vennes’ thousands. The timing of many of these contributions is in close proximity to activity on his pardon petition, political letters of support or other events, such as Karl Rove’s fundraiser for Bachmann in Stillwater July 21, 2006.

Was Vennes trying to buy political support for a presidential pardon through the disbursement of tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to politicians who might be sympathetic to his plight?

Read more here in Part 3 of Lawyers, Guns & Money:

http://www.rippleinstillwater.com/2011/07/lawyers-guns-money-pt-3-buying.html

Part 1 here:

http://www.rippleinstillwater.com/2011/07/lawyers-guns-money-inside-look-at.html

Part 2 here:

http://www.rippleinstillwater.com/2011/07/lawyers-guns-money-pt-2-twisted-trail.html