Harris admits link to corrupt donor
By Larry Wheeler
DEMOCRAT WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris was forced again Friday to distance herself from a bribery scandal that already cost one congressman his job.
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The contributions to the lawmakers' campaigns were considered illegal because Wade or his company reimbursed employees for the checks they wrote to the campaigns, according to the federal court document.
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The court document does not indicate Harris is suspected of any illegal activity, but her connection to the biggest bribery scandal to hit Congress in years won't help Harris' struggling Senate campaign.
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''Mr. Wade discussed opening a defense plant in Sarasota that would create numerous high-skilled, high-wage jobs in my district," according to her statement.
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