COLUMBUS — “‘I’m sure he’s following the letter of the law. It’s certainly not following the spirit of the law,’ Catherine Turcer of Ohio Citizen Action’s Money in Politics said.
Indeed. Without more evidence, the law very well may have been followed.But what’s interesting in this case, is what Cordray had to say about similar deals back in 1998:
Richard Cordray, the Democrats’ attorney general nominee, accused incumbent Betty Montgomery of attempting to launder the contribution through the Ohio Republican Party “and trying to conceal the true source of money. The Montgomery and Deters campaigns denied the charge.
‘I will tell you this is outrageous conduct by the person who is Ohio’s top law enforcement officer,’ Cordray said. ‘For the top law enforcement officer to put together a scheme like this to evade Ohio’s elections law is not only inappropriate and improper, it is clearly illegal.’” Third Base Politics.
2009