US Panel Asks Giuliani to Explain Expenses from Senate Campaign Fund

The Federal Election Commission has asked former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani to explain more than $8,000 in expenditures last summer from campaign funds left over from his United States Senate race in 2000. The commission said some of the money appeared to have been used for "personal" expenses.

The commission, in a letter to Mr. Giuliani's Senate fund-raising committee, said a financial report issued last fall by the committee, which had $2 million in residual assets, listed disbursements "that appear to constitute personal use of campaign funds by the candidate," which would violate federal law.

The letter, published on the commission's Web site and described as routine by a commission spokesman yesterday, asked for explanations of 15 expenditures totaling $8,250. Nearly all were for airline tickets, car rentals and other travel expenses, a hotel bill and $560 to "Yankee-Nets, Inc."

The commission gave the committee, Friends of Giuliani, a deadline of Dec. 26 to supply the explanations, but the letter was sent to the wrong address and the commission granted an extension to Jan. 11.

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He needs to be shown for the crook he is so that he loses some of his value to Republicans as a campaign tool.

he's a Republican and a genooine hero of post 9/11 New York. Nothing to see here, move along.

when he was Imperial Mayor, there was absolutely nothing anyone could say to shake the faith of the true believers. He walked on water, and that was that.

9/11 solidified the image, and there's damn near nothing that could break that image. Image was all there was, though.

Rudy's a punk. He was a punk when he was a prosecutor with the worst record of any of them and he was a punk as mayor, with one or two accomplishments, but no real legacy. What he always had, though, was an incredible stranglehold on the press and all information that didn't come straight from his PR people. Even the City Council had to sue him to see a copy of the budget they passed. He claimed it was none of their business.

There was always, however, an incredible stream of leaks and puffery from his US Attorney and mayoral offices. Actually, that's all you got, since everyone was ordered to not speak to the press without his OK.

Why didn't he run for Senate? Simply because he'd have to work with 99 other Senators and couldn't order them round or scare the shit out of them. Nobody ever, ever disagrees with Lord Rudy. And Lord Rudy never works with or for anyone else.

Rudy and the press is a fantastic study of how to run a real propaganda machine. Fuck Rove and the rest-- rank amateurs compared to Rudy.

when he was married.

Damn hypocrites!