Foley: Half Million to Lawyers

By Larry Lipman | Monday, July 16, 2007, 01:54 PM


foleyblog.jpg Mark Foley, who has not been charged with breaking any laws after he sent sexually explicit electronic communications to former House pages, has spent nearly a half million dollars in legal fees this year.

The $483,254 came from leftover campaign funds Foley had accumulated during a dozen years in Congress and in the midst of a tough re-election fight last year.

Foley’s campaign finance report filed with the Federal Elections Commission for the quarter ending June 30 indicates he paid $277,367 to the Washington-based Zuckerman Spaeder law firm.

That is on top of the $205,627 in legal fees he paid during the first half of the year.

Foley’s legal payments are likely to be even higher because the most recent payment, in June, covered fees only through April.

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so, yeah, i think he can use them as he pleases.