Ex-aide says Harris hid subpoena

[thefuzz811]

U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris received a grand jury subpoena from federal investigators but kept it from her top campaign advisers, leading to the latest round of staff departures last month, a former aide said.

"Yes, there was a subpoena. She didn't tell us," former campaign manager Glenn Hodas told The Tampa Tribune for a story published Wednesday.

Hodas, who resigned from the Republican congresswoman's Senate campaign in July along with the spokesman, did not immediately return phone calls Wednesday from The Associated Press.

[OKNancy]

1. please provide a link to the article.

Thanks

[OKNancy]

2. Here

I did it for you


http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2264857

[ixion]

3. also a discussion of this in GD

here...


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1798084

[Pithlet]

4. kick

[marmar]

5. Ex-aide: Katherine Harris hid subpoena...

Can it get any worse for this woman?

Ex-Aide: Harris Hid Subpoena
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By KEITH EPSTEIN The Tampa Tribune

Published: Aug 2, 2006

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris received a grand jury subpoena from federal investigators and concealed the fact from top campaign advisers hired to help her deflect negative publicity, her former campaign manager has disclosed.

"Yes, there was a subpoena. She didn't tell us," said Glenn Hodas, Harris' third and most recent campaign manager. He said he learned of it in June while reviewing invoices from powerhouse Washington lawyer Benjamin J. Ginsberg and confronted his boss.

The invoices, Hodas said, were for work relating to a "DOJ subpoena," referring to the U.S. Department of Justice.

The discovery culminated in the latest round of staff departures, in mid-July, Hodas said. Those resignations included Hodas and a campaign spokesman.

"Finding out about the subpoena caused me to wonder about what was going on and what else I didn't know, but I don't want to comment any further on what appears to be a pending investigation," said Hodas, reached by telephone Tuesday.

His remarks echo those of another former top Harris strategist, Ed Rollins, who said in several interviews after quitting in the spring that he was worried "about stories changing, about what I didn't know."

The subpoena apparently was issued for campaign records as part of a Justice Department investigation of Harris' dealings with defense contractor Mitchell J. Wade.

The escalating inquiry by the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section already has involved interviews with Rollins, who conducted an internal inquiry for the campaign and said he spent two hours talking to investigators here, and Fred Asbell, who quit in June as Harris' chief of staff in Congress, Harris' fourth.

http://www.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGB0J4K6DQE.html

[Vanje]

6. Kickn

[ronnykmarshall]

7. It's just gets deeper and deeper

for ol' Katie.

I wonder how she likes having the shit thrown at HER for a change?

[Fridays Child]

8. Keep on running, Kathy.

We love you, hon! :evilgrin:

[Richard Steele]

9. So now we know what triggered ONE staff exodus.

I suspect there's more yet to be discovered.

[VaYallaDawg]

10. Looks like the Fla. GOP has already dumped her big time. n/t

[meganmonkey]

11. To any other advisers who are considering working for Ms. Harris:

She is a tacky, anti-American asshole who doesn't believe in democracy.

Don't work for her.

It's pretty simple, really :)

[LynneSin]

16. Yeah, but think of the people who are working for her

you think they are any better quality of human lifeform than her?

[Phillycat]

12. It's not just that inch of makeup that's covering stuff up. nt

[karlrschneider]

13. You know, I can't help feeling sorry for her

home state.
:evilgrin:
:evilgrin:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Solly Mack]

14. Gee, Harris - was Florida 2000 worth it?

Oh, your former buddies will say "you changed once in office" - and that you're "not the same person now that you were then - and that you did nothing wrong in 2000 to disenfranchise voters and steal an election but now you've changed"...but we know better...you're still the same little corrupt piece of shit now that you were then - the same coward, who was relying on the big names behind you to protect you...gee, where's that big name protection now? Your equally corrupt buddies who benefited from your actions in 2000 have no use for you now.

You're being sold-out by your buddies, Harris. And your other less than ethical actions since 2000 have made it easier for them to do so...without wearing any of the stink themselves. Your actions helped them in their rise to power..and now your actions are helping them to bring you down.

Sucks, huh?

[Ian David]

15. She just sprinkled Kaballah water on the subpoena

We all need to protest outside the RCC, and demand that they support Katherine Harris.

A spontaneous show of support by Democrats pretending to be Republicans.

Where is OUR stagecraft!

Katherine has Ho-mentum!

[marmar]

18. "Ho-mentum!"

L-fucking-double-O-L! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Ian David]

17. Her next Campaign Manager will come from LaborReady. n/t

[mtnester]

19. In the train of dominoes...when one finally falls

it will take the rest with it...thus it has always been throughout human history, thus, with patience, it will happen again.

[Jo March]

20. Spunk and Moxie can only take one so far

I thoroughly support her right to run. Can't understand why the GOP is stepping away from her. :shrug: