FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010 NEWS RELEASE |
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NEVER-BEFORE RELEASED VIDEO OF McCAIN AND CONVICTED FELONFUNDRAISER DISCOVERED |
Phoenix, AZ (JULY 1) - Sen. John McCain is caught on tape at two Florida fundraisers hosted by a convicted felon - who will spend the rest of his life in prison for a Ponzi scheme that helped finance McCain's 2008 Presidential campaign - who raised more money for McCain than anyone else - and who McCain now says he "can't pick out of a lineup."
"One recently discovered and never-before released video shows the two men giving each other a 'man-hug', shaking hands, and slapping backs in a bar while felon Scott Rothstein puffs on a cigar. Another tape shows McCain at Rothstein's home with supporters," said Mark Sanders, spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate J. D. Hayworth (R-AZ).
Watch the video by clicking HERE.
After Rothstein gives McCain a glowing introduction at one event, Rothstein is heard on the tape saying "I'm plugging for some kind of position with the White House" if McCain wins.
Rothstein raised $1.1 million for McCain's failed Presidential campaign in 2008 while running an elaborate Ponzi scheme that swindled investors out of billions of dollars. Much of the money Rothstein stole ended up in McCain's campaign accounts.
Last month Rothstein was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
When confronted with the connection between McCain and Rothstein, McCain's spokesman said "John McCain couldn't pick him (Rothstein) out of a line up."
"The tapes don't lie, McCain does," Sanders said. "These men were friends, good friends. In fact, in one segment of the tape, McCain thanks Rothstein for his 'friendship and tremendous support.'"
The Hayworth campaign has called on McCain to admit he knows Rothstein, to no avail; to donate the money he took from Rothstein to a fund to help the victims of the Ponzi scheme, to no avail; and to name and denounce the other Ponzi scheme con-artists who gave McCain money; to no avail.
"The Senator thinks he is above the law, but he will have to explain his ignorance of who his friends are and apologize to the people of Arizona in the upcoming debates for letting them down by consorting with criminals," Sanders said. |
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Statement from McCain campaign:
“These fundraisers were both held well over two years ago, long before any information about Scott Rothstein’s misdeeds surfaced. They were just two fundraisers out of hundreds that helped raise more than $400 million from over 1.5 million donors to elect Senator McCain in his presidential bid and Republicans nationwide in 2008.
“When the allegations against Rothstein came to light seven months ago in November 2009, Senator McCain immediately donated his contributions to charity — long before a desperate J.D. Hayworth tried use it as a campaign tactic.
“Senator McCain has many admirable qualities, but unfortunately the power to see into the future is not one of them. There was obviously no way to know at the time that Rothstein would turn out to be a crook. Maybe we should have called Congressman Hayworth’s fellow infomercial scam star, Miss Cleo.” — McCain 2010 Communications Director Brian Rogers
NOTE: AS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED ON JUNE 10TH, THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN DONATED ROTHSTEIN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITY IN NOVEMBER 2009:
From The Associated Press, Thursday, June 10, 2010:
McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said the $9,200 under McCain’s control was given to four Arizona charities in November. The rest of the money was out of the campaign’s control and was distributed to state GOP committees for the 2008 race, he said.
Rothstein’s fraud didn’t come to light until a year after the presidential race, and Rogers said it was ridiculous for the Hayworth campaign to try to link McCain to a Ponzi scheme through the shenanigans of one former fundraiser.
“This is absurd, but not surprising given Congressman Hayworth’s warped view of reality,” Rogers said.
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