What makes the story about this GOP operative's conviction so notable is the cast of political personalities behind it. (via MaddowBlog)
controversy. In fact, as best as I can tell, it’s not even clear if the Trump campaign knew anything about the effort to funnel illegal Russian funds into its coffers.As a separate Washington Postnoted last year, Benton’s career trajectory is a sight to behold. It began in earnest 14 years ago, when the GOP operative worked on then-Rep. Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential campaign. Two years later, Benton took the next logical step and ran Rand Paul’s Senate campaign in Kentucky.
In 2013, however, a problem arose: Benton was caught up in a scandal involving an attempt to buy an endorsement. He was later indicted as part of the fiasco, but that didn’t stop a pro-Trump super PAC from hiring Benton anyway in March 2016. In September 2016, Benton was convicted as part of the previous bribery scheme, but he avoided a prison sentence and was ordered to serve two years of probation. He later picked up a pardon from Trump, who had an unfortunate habit of handing out pardons to Republicans accused of corruption., not for the 2013 campaign-finance violation, but instead for the 2016 campaign-finance violation: He was charged with helping funnel money to Team Trump from a Russian national.
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