Top Democrats, including Democratic Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, had pledged prior to the 2012 Democratic convention not to raise money from special interests, corporations, and to cap individual donations at $100,000.
It appears corporate funds were spent on the Democratic National Convention.......this gathering of leftists relied on at least $5 million in corporate donations, despite repeated pledges by top party officials only to use money raised from individuals,”
according to Michael Biesecker of The Associated Press.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz has remained silent. Biesecker posted a follow up column
yesterday afternoon where he quoted Ms. Schultz saying, “I haven’t seen the report, and I’m not familiar with the details of it…you have to speak to the host committee.”
Biesecker indicated that the report listed that “donations were also accepted from charities funded by corporations, such as $100,000 from the Xerox Foundation. Also not subject to the Democrats’ ban on corporate donations were law firms, such as the $100,000 donated by McGuire Woods LLP. In addition to being one of the South’s largest law firms, McGuire’s consulting subsidiary employs dozens of registered state and federal lobbyists. More modest checks came from the American Financial Services Association, which represents credit card and financial companies, and the senior group AARP. Both are registered as entities that lobby the federal government.”
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