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Old 29th Nov 2005, 09:43
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Washington_Irving
 
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Just reading the New York Times article. He was taking the pish! Among other things:

1. His DC residence was a 42ft yacht loaned to him by a defence contractor.

2. Contractors bought him a Rolls Royce

3. They bought his house from him for around twice the market value.

4. They paid a $200,000 deposit on a condo for him

5. They paid for his daughter's graduation party.

6. Paid capital gains tax for him (presumably on the house sale among other things)

He's owned up to $2.4 million so far, but the investigation is ongoing and prosecutors have not ruled out further charges.

It would also appear that there are some people who demonstrate that he was a bit of a chopper back in the glory days (and if you read long enough, you will see they were able to answer the "boathouse at Hereford" questions)

http://dukecunningham.org/phorum/rea...=1&i=353&t=353
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