A congressional watchdog group asked the Justice Department on Monday to investigate whether Rep. Katherine Harris, R-Fla., attempted to obtain a $10 million appropriation for a defense contractor in return for his financial support.

Common Cause filed a complaint with the Justice Department, citing information provided by contractor Mitchell Wade, as part of a plea agreement in the bribery case of convicted former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, R-Calif.

Harris is a two-term House member who is running for the Senate. However, she is best known as the state official who certified
President Bush’s 537-vote win in Florida in the disputed 2000 presidential election.

Wade, former president of MZM Inc., admitted making $32,000 in illegal contributions to Harris’ 2004 campaign for the House.

Harris said she did not knowingly do anything illegal and said she would donate the money to charity. (Read more…)

This skeses is donating an awful lot of money to charity to cover her tracks.