Presidential candidate Herman Cain’s top political operatives might have bankrolled his fledgling campaign earlier this year through a non-profit political group based in Wisconsin, which would violate campaign finance laws.
Prosperity USA, founded by Cain campaign manager Mark Block, reportedly spent $40,000 on behalf of the presidential campaign this spring before apparently going defunct. The Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, which broke the story, said that “it is not known if Cain’s election fund eventually paid back Prosperity USA.”
When asked about the story on Fox News this morning, Cain said neither he nor his staff had heard of the story. I’m not aware of it, they’re not aware of it,” he said. “We are going to look at the report and see if there is any validity . . . we will take a look at it.”
Cain’s staff, however, has had a chance to comment on the issue. Block emailed reporters on Friday, though he did not address the question. “Will be able to respond to you, but need to schedule time to review questions,” he wrote to the Journal Sentinel on Friday. “Obviously in the midst of a Presidential campaign I cannot drop everything.”
Block has been accused of election law violations in the past, reportedly resulting in a $15,000 settlement and a three-year ban from Wisconsin politics.
