DFL Party to Michele Bachmann: “Return Tainted Contribution”

08/15/2007

DFL Party Calls on Representative Bachmann to Return $1,000 Contribution from Indicted Republican Donor Alan Fabian


St. Paul, MN (August 15, 2007) The Minnesota DFL Party today called on U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (MN-6) to return a $1,000 contribution to her campaign made last year by Alan Fabian, a major national Republican donor indicted last week by a federal grand jury.

Fabian, the CEO of Baltimore-based Centre for Management and Technology, was indicted on 23 counts of bankruptcy fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice and perjury. Fabian allegedly made $32 million in false purchases of computer equipment to pay for his lavish spending habits. [The Hill, 8/15/07]

Representative Bachmann accepted $1,000 from Fabian in October 2006. [Federal Elections Commission, 8/15/07]

Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani returned contributions of $2,300 and $1,000, respectively. Fabian last week resigned as co-chairman of the former Massachusetts governor’s national finance committee. [The Hill, 8/15/07]

“We Minnesotans value hard work, accountability and fair play, and Mr. Fabian’s alleged conduct flies in the face of those values,” said Minnesota DFL Chair Brian Melendez. “The Sixth District’s voters won’t stand for a politician who makes money off of fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice and perjury. Representative Bachmann should promptly return the tainted money.”