Maryland Republican Campaign Funds Used To Defend Voter Suppression

2:58 pm EST January 24th, 2012 | Maryland | 1 Comment

Bob Ehrlich used his campaign money to pay for the defense of now-convicted vote-suppression activist.

A campaign account maintained by former governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) was used to pay more than $100,000 last year to law firms involved in the criminal defense of his 2010 campaign manager, Paul E. Schurick, on charges related to voter suppression.

Schurick was convicted in December by a Baltimore jury of four counts stemming from an Election Night robocall that prosecutors said was intended to mislead black voters into staying home.

A campaign finance report filed this week by Ehrlich lists payments to at least two law firms known to have worked on Schurick’s defense.

I wonder if people donating to Ehrlich’s campaign thought the money they donated would go to this cause?

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One Response to “Maryland Republican Campaign Funds Used To Defend Voter Suppression”

  1. db says:
    January 25, 2012 at 4:58 pm

    You act surprised.