Louisiana: FEC says Vitter can't use campaign funds for paying legal fees
The Hill reports: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) will not be able to use campaign funds to pay for more than $160,000 in legal fees incurred because of his involvement in the D.C. Madam scandal, according to a draft opinion released by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Vitter has already spent $70,000 of his own money on legal bills and has asked about the possibility of reimbursing himself and paying the rest of his bills with campaign funds.
The FEC’s draft opinion, published Wednesday, however, allows Vitter to use campaign funds to pay for $31,000 in legal expenses related to a Senate Ethics Committee investigation arising from his link to Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the D.C. Madam.
Vitter became embroiled in the scandal after his telephone number was discovered among Palfrey’s records. -- Vitter cannot use campaign funds to pay legal fees