Keeping ill-gotten gains Who: Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. What: Congressman Moran refuses to return more than $20,000 in campaign contributions he received from Henry Samueli, a California billionaire who has pleaded guilty in a $2.2 billion stock fraud case. Why it’s an outrage: Politico reported that Moran said it “disgusts” him when pols hand money back. Apparently even the stolen kind. Why it’s really an outrage: The Samueli Institute in Alexandria, which studies “alternative therapies” such as acupuncture and herbal treatments, was the recipient of a $1 million earmark the Virginia congressman stuck in the defense bill.
