On 1 Jun 2006 09:42:57 -0700, "stonej"
wrote:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/3920198.html


FOCUS | Coingate Fund-Raiser Admits Funneling Money to Bush Campaign
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060106Z.shtml


A top Republican fund-raiser who is the leading figure in an Ohio
political scandal pleaded guilty on Wednesday to illegally funneling
money to President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign. In an
appearance in federal court, rare coin dealer Tom Noe admitted to
three counts of violating campaign finance laws.