The state House Democrats' campaign panel late last year paid off the campaign debt of former Rep. Mike Veon, who now makes his living lobbying the governor and Legislature.
The House Democratic Campaign Committee in November and December paid $40,683 to retire Veon's campaign debt, according to Veon's report filed recently with the state election bureau. Veon could not be reached Wednesday.
But [three of the four HDCC leaders] -- Reps. Joe Preston, Dan Frankel and Jennifer Mann -- apparently had no knowledge of the payments. Tribune Review
While one campaign committee is permitted to pay off another campaign committee’s debt, it certainly raises questions when 3 of 4 committee leaders are unaware of the transaction.
There is a possibility that the funds transferred from the HDCC to Veon's committee may have been received from another source as a donation to the HDCC, but with the understanding that the donation was to be forwarded to Veon’s campaign committee. These multi-looped donations are tough to trace back to the original donor.
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