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Bush Spent Four Times as Much as Gore on Florida Recount, Documents Show Associated Press | Boston Globe Saturday, 27 July, 2002 WASHINGTON (AP) The Bush campaign spent $13.8 million on lawyers, salaries, travel and hotels to win the Florida recount vote, roughly four more times than the Gore campaign spent, according to Internal Revenue Service documents released Friday. The Gore campaign spent $3.2 million in its losing battle for Florida's 25 electoral votes, mostly from large gifts. Donors included Hollywood producer Stephen Bing and actress Jane Fonda. In contrast, the Bush campaign contributions were almost all $5,000 or less, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Public Citizen, an activist group that advocates enforcing election laws, said Bush's recount fund evaded a campaign-finance disclosure law for a year and a half. The campaign only filed the required forms on the last day of an IRS amnesty program for groups that don't comply, Public Citizen said. Failure to meet the amnesty deadline could have resulted in fines of as much as $6.92 million, Public Citizen said. Benjamin Ginsberg, a lawyer for the Bush recount, said they had no legal obligation to release the document. The only reason they made it public was to avoid controversy. ''We don't think we have a legal obligation to file this,'' he said, adding federal election law doesn't require recount funds to be reported. Gore's recount committee disclosed to the IRS its receipts and expenditures more than a year ago. In addition to paying for lawyers, phones and campaign staff salaries, the Bush campaign $13,000 to Enron Corp. and $2,400 to Halliburton Co. for the use of their jets. (In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
