Kjellander - pronounced shuh-LAN-dur - is a member of the RNC and
friend of presidential adviser Karl Rove.
From The Associated Press, 8/9/05:
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/12341191.htm
Investment firm's payments to Republican fundraiser under scrutiny
MIKE ROBINSON
Associated Press
CHICAGO -
Federal prosecutors investigating corruption at a state pension fund
have subpoenaed records concerning $4.5 million in fees a
Washington-based investment firm is paying the new treasurer of the
Republican National Committee, government sources confirmed Tuesday.
The subpoena calls for documents related to the fund, the Carlyle
Group and Robert Kjellander, said sources familiar with the
investigation who spoke only on condition of anonymity, saying
prosecutors want details of the probe kept secret.
Kjellander, a Springfield-based lobbyist who headed President Bush's
re-election campaign in three states, was named the RNC's treasurer
over the weekend.
Illinois Teachers Retirement System officials expressed concern about
the amount of finders fees Carlyle offered Kjellander for helping to
land business with the pension fund - $3.1 million paid and $1.4
million due.
"I believe that we were all taken aback when we learned of the size of
his compensation for services to the Carlyle Group," said Jon Bauman,
executive director of the pension fund.
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Another day another Republican scandal.
Harry
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