The number of congressional members who took campaign donations from an accused illegal Pakistani agent has grown to three.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, one of the House members tied to Syed Fai, a Virginia man accused of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Pakistan, said Tuesday he will give a $500 contribution his campaign received from Fai to the Saint Augustine's Hunger Center in Cleveland.
Reps. Dan Burton, R-Ind., and Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., also said they had received campaign contributions from Fai.
"For as long as I've known him, Dr. Fai has been either a permanent legal resident of the United States or a citizen and as such any political contributions I may have received from Dr. Fai over the years are completely legal," Burton said in a statement. "My campaign does not accept contributions from anyone not legally authorized to donate to U.S. political campaigns. However, if there is any doubt about the origin of these contributions, I will donate those funds to the Boy Scouts of America."Burton is co-chair of the House Pakistan caucus and received $10,000 in contributions from Fai.
Rohrabacher, who took a much smaller donation from Fai, says he'll wait to see what happens in court before making a decision about the decades-old contribution he received.
"I haven't made a decision on what to do with a $500 contribution from 15 years ago yet because I'm too busy leading the fight to completely eliminate all foreign aid to Pakistan," Rohrabacher said. "I'll revisit the issue if and when the individual is actually convicted."
Wes Barrett 21 Jul, 2011--
Source: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/07/20/house-members-took-donations-accused-foreign-agent
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