David Rivera funded the Stenard race, say campaign vendors
By Progreso Weekly staff
MIAMI – The Miami Herald is reporting that David Rivera may have been behind the failed candidacy of Justin Lamar Stenard alleging that Rivera “helped run a shadow campaign that might have broken federal laws in last week’s Democratic primary against his political nemesis Joe Garcia.”
The Herald report alleges that the campaign was “fueled by $43,000 in secret money. Among the revelations, says The Miami Herald, “The mailers were often paid in envelopes stuffed with crisp hundred-dollar bills.”
Rivera and Stenard both deny working together. But the facts seem to be stacking up against them.
According to The Miami Herald report:
“Hugh Cochran, president of Campaign Data, told The Herald this week that Rivera contacted him in July and requested he create a list of voters who were ultimately targeted in the 11 mailers sent by Sternad’s campaign.
“‘David hired me to run the data,’ said Cochran, who is a retired FBI agent.
“Cochran said he spoke numerous times with Rivera, produced the lists of targeted voters and emailed it to Rapid Mail and Computer Services in Hialeah, which mailed the fliers. Cochran cc’d the owner and Rivera in a July 29 email, which he provided to The Herald.”
The Herald reports that “A candidate or conspirator who knowingly and willfully ‘falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact’ in a federal election can face up to five years in prison, according to federal law.
“Federal investigators specifically consider ‘surreptitious means, such as cash, conduits, or false documentation, to conceal’ a contribution or expenditure a crime, according to a guidebook published by the Federal Elections Commission.”
For the full story click to read The Miami Herald report: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/21/2962351/campaign-vendors-say-republican.html
Para leer el reporte de El Nuevo Herald en español haga clic aquí: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2012/08/21/1282911/afirman-que-rivera-financio-campana.html
