Iowa GOP-er defends payments to son
By: John Bresnahan
April 3, 2009 04:27 AM EST
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is defending more than $156,000 in payments made from his campaign committee to his son Jeff over the past five years as “bona fide campaign-related services at fair market value.”
In a February letter to the King for Congress committee, the Federal Election Commission questioned whether the payments were an improper “personal use” of campaign funds.
In a response to the FEC last week, Elliot Berke, an attorney for King for Congress, said the payments to Jeff King were legitimate, saying the younger King is the campaign manager and only full-time employee of the committee.
“Jeff King typically starts his workday at 8 [a.m.] and works until 5 [p.m.], Monday through Friday, 52 weeks a year,” Berke wrote in a March 23 letter to the FEC. “In general terms, he is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the campaign, as well as the overall oversight of office management.”
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