Wash Post': Fred Thompson Flying High With Convicted Drug Dealer
By E&P Staff
Published: November 04, 2007 12:15 AM ET
NEW YORK In a front-page report on Sunday for The Washington Post,
Matthew Mosk reveals that one of the closest campaign associates of
GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson is a businessman who has a
criminal record for drug dealing.
Philip Martin is one of four campaign co-chairmen.
"Thompson's frequent flights aboard Martin's twin-engine Cessna 560
Citation have saved him more than $100,000, because until the law
changed in September, campaign-finance rules allowed presidential
candidates to reimburse private jet owners for just a fraction of the
true cost of flights," Mosk details.
"Martin entered a plea of guilty to the sale of 11 pounds of
marijuana in 1979; the court withheld judgment pending completion of
his probation. He was charged in 1983 with violating his probation
and with multiple counts of felony bookmaking, cocaine trafficking
and conspiracy. He pleaded no contest to the cocaine-trafficking and
conspiracy charges, which stemmed from a plan to sell $30,000 worth
of the drug, and was continued on probation.
"Thompson's campaign said the candidate was not aware of the multiple
criminal cases, for which Martin served no jail time. All are
described in public court records."
The full article is at www.washingtonpost.com.
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