By: E&P Staff 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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