Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Miami Township, did not raise any reportable contributions for her legal expense trust from May through June, according to her latest filing with the House ethics committee.
Schmidt set up the trust last year, after the ethics panel ordered her to repay about $500,000 in improper legal fees she had unknowingly received from the Turkish Coalition of America. The ethics committee said she could use donations raised through the trust to repay most of her legal debts.
But so far this year, Schmidt has only raised one donation?a $5,000 contribution from Global Eclipse, a Delaware limited liability company with some Turkish ties, which donated to her in January. At the end of 2011, she still owed at least $515,000 in legal fees, according to her most recent financial disclosure form.
If Schmidt isn?t pushing hard to raise money for her legal expense trust, it?s no wonder. She lost the GOP primary election in March to Brad Wenstrup, who will face William R. Smith in the general election. And Schmidt can disregard the ethics committee ruling once she leaves the U.S. House, according to ethics experts. Her term will be up in January 2013.
Posted in: 2nd Congressional District, Congress, Election 2012
Tags: Brad Wenstrup, Jean Schmidt, William R. Smith
Source: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/31/schmidt-raised-no-donations-for-legal-expense/
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