congresswomen Kathleen Harris Bribed by the same person as Congressmen Cunningham

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Contractor pleads guilty in Cunningham case

 

Contractor pleads guilty in Cunningham case

By Andy Sullivan

Congresswomen Katherine Harris is implicated

 

Defense contractor Mitchell Wade pleaded guilty on Friday to bribing

former congressman Randy " Duke " Cunningham and illegally funneling

money to two other lawmakers, a court official said.

 

According to charges against him, Wade gave hundreds of thousands of

dollars in cash and gifts to Cunningham, an eight-term congressman

from California and decorated Vietnam War pilot.

 

Cunningham resigned in November after pleading guilty to taking $2.4

million in bribes in exchange for help in securing Defense

Department contracts and faces up to 10 years in prison. His case is

one of a number of scandals that have shaken senior Republicans in

Congress.

 

In a statement provided by his attorneys, Wade said: " It is with

great remorse that I acknowledge the actions noted in this plea

agreement and I feel deep sorrow for the harm I have caused my

family, friends and former colleagues. "

 

He pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy, one count of election

fraud, and one count of using interstate facilities to promote

bribery, the court official said.

 

In violation of campaign-finance laws, Wade was found to have

reimbursed employees at his company MZM Inc. who made campaign

contributions to two other members of Congress.

 

Campaign-finance records show that those lawmakers were Virginia

Republican Rep. Virgil Goode (news, bio, voting record) and Florida

Republican Rep. Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record). The

charges indicate Wade did not inform either one that the

contributions were unlawful.

 

A spokeswoman for Harris, who as Florida's secretary of state played

a key role in the 2000 disputed presidential election between George

W. Bush and Al Gore, said she had given the $52,000 she received

from MZM employees to charity.

 

A spokesman for Goode was not immediately available for comment.

According to the charges he received at least $46,000 in illegal

contributions from MZM.

 

MZM operates several facilities in Goode's south-central Virginia

district, including one that conducts background checks on foreign-

owned defense contractors.

 

A 2003 press release from Virginia's governor at the time, Democrat

Mark Warner, says Goode was " instrumental " in setting up the project.

 

Campaign finance expert Larry Noble said it was not unusual for

lawmakers to want to bring jobs to their districts but added: " If

you received money from MZM and those contracts went to MZM, given

the Duke Cunningham situation obviously questions are going to be

raised and Congressman Goode has to be prepared to answer questions

about MZM. "

 

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