McCarthy Pleas Ignorance on PMA

“Rep. Carolyn McCarthy says she’s ‘innocent’ of pocketing possibly illegal donations from a tainted lobbyist because she had no clue ‘what was going on in the background.’

“McCarthy (D-Nassau) got some $50,000 from principals and clients of the defunct PMA Group, some of whose clients received millions of taxpayer dollars sponsored by McCarthy.

“PMA’s founder, Paul Magliocchetti, was recently indicted on charges of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal donations to several Congress members who sponsored ‘earmarks’ for PMA clients.”

Read more: (Benjamin Lesser, “Rep. Carolyn McCarthy: I Had no Idea What Tainted Lobbyist Was Up To,” New York Daily News, 09/10/10)