Sen. Alexander Gives Indicted Senator’s Cash To Charity

By Kleinheider Posted on July 31, 2008 at 3:39 pm

Tennessee’s own Lamar Alexander has joined those Senator’s jettisoning campaign funds gleaned from the embattled and indicted Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska.

Post Politics has confirmed that the $10,000 dollars received by Alexander from Stevens’ Northern Lights PAC in 2008 as well as the $5,000 received in 2002 has been given to the United Way.

UPDATE: A statement from Campaign coordinator Jeremy Harrell:

“Americans are innocent until they’re proven guilty. Our campaign made the decision to donate the contributions to charity to avoid distraction.”

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