"Koster and Missourians for Koster have unlawfully coordinated, controlled and directed the Economic Growth Council's contributions in a laundering scheme designed to evade the Act's campaign contribution limits and to conceal the true identity of contributors to Koster and Missourians for Koster."
"Excerpted from the formal complaint filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission, July 14, 2008"
Click here to download the 57 Page Ethics Complaint.
- Portions of the video in this ad were shot by Jason Rosenbaum of the Columbia Tribune.
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Chris Koster
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - They met at an Italian restaurant in southwest Missouri. A campaign aide for Democratic attorney general candidate Chris Koster and the treasurer of a local Democratic committee. The purpose: a check exchange.
Last Saturday, the day after Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signed Senate Bill 1038, which repeals the limits on campaign contribution to state political candidates, we pulled up behind a car on Chippewa Street and noticed a bumper sticker that read:
"We don't have a democracy. We have an auction."
The timing was accidental but the truth was undeniable: Beginning Aug. 28, Missourians (and for that matter, non-Missourians interested in buying a piece of state government) can donate any amount they want to candidates for any political office in the state, as long as they're willing to be identified publicly.
State Sen. Chris Koster’s campaign for attorney general found itself at the center of a storm Tuesday over allegations that his campaign used back-channel sources to skirt contribution limits.
The Associated Press reported that a member of Koster’s campaign staff traveled throughout the state, funneling campaign contributions as large as nearly $27,000 from wealthy contributors and special interests into Koster’s campaign. State law currently limits individual contributions to a maximum of $1,350.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A trio of ethics complaints filed Tuesday accuse state Sen. Chris Koster of illegally laundering money for his Democratic attorney general's campaign in violation of state contribution limits.
Paid for by Missourians for Honest Leadership, Barbara Kemery, Treasurer
