Examiner Local Editorial: Norton won’t return tainted cash

Published November 4, 2012 4:00am ET



President Obama, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Virginia Senate candidate Tim Kaine have all either returned or donated campaign contributions from former D.C. Medicaid contractor Jeffrey Thompson. The reason is that Thompson allegedly funded a secret and illegal $653,000 “shadow campaign” in 2010 to help Vincent Gray defeat then-Mayor Adrian Fenty.

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