2008 Presidential Race - Follow-up
Feb. 22nd, 2008 12:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chromodynamicsI mentioned earlier that the general consensus was that more information would be coming out about the McCain-lobbyist story. Surprisingly, the first such information isn't coming from one of the anonymous sources, but McCain himself.
Newsweek has a deposition by McCain from a 5-year old lawsuit that contradicts some of his denials that his campaign made yesterday. Specifically, the campaign sent out a statement that said, "No representative of Paxson or Alcalde & Fay personally asked Senator McCain to send a letter to the FCC." Alcalde & Fay was the company that the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, worked for, and Paxson Communications was the company she represented. McCain had sent 2 letters in 1999 to the FEC to support letting Paxson buy a Pittsburgh television station.
But in the deposition, McCain states that he was contacted by Mr. Paxson himself about this issue. Further, as the article states, "McCain agreed that his letters on behalf of Paxson, a campaign contributor, could 'possibly be an appearance of corruption'-even though McCain denied doing anything improper."
So far only Newsweek and MSNBC have reported this, but I expect we will we hear much more about it before the day is through.
Newsweek has a deposition by McCain from a 5-year old lawsuit that contradicts some of his denials that his campaign made yesterday. Specifically, the campaign sent out a statement that said, "No representative of Paxson or Alcalde & Fay personally asked Senator McCain to send a letter to the FCC." Alcalde & Fay was the company that the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, worked for, and Paxson Communications was the company she represented. McCain had sent 2 letters in 1999 to the FEC to support letting Paxson buy a Pittsburgh television station.
But in the deposition, McCain states that he was contacted by Mr. Paxson himself about this issue. Further, as the article states, "McCain agreed that his letters on behalf of Paxson, a campaign contributor, could 'possibly be an appearance of corruption'-even though McCain denied doing anything improper."
So far only Newsweek and MSNBC have reported this, but I expect we will we hear much more about it before the day is through.