C'mon, give the money to someone who really needs it!

State Republican Party Chairman Gary Emineth would like the North Dakota Democratic Party to donate a $10,000 contribution linked to Richard ‘Dickie’ Scruggs, who has been indicted in a judge bribery plot.

“We continue to see the Democrats accepting money from questionable sources to fund their statewide operations.” said Emineth. “What exactly did Scruggs get from our Congressional Delegation for that $10,000? Someone had to ask for that donation, so something must have been promised for it.”

Scruggs is a Mississippi trial lawyer who has reportedly made almost $850 million from tobacco and asbestos litigation. He now stands accused of judicial bribery stemming from litigation involving Hurricane Katrina insurance payouts. On Monday of this week, the FBI raided the law office of attorneys hired to defend Scruggs.

Even Hillary Clinton does not want to be associated with Scruggs. Her campaign has cancelled a fundraiser scheduled in Scruggs home December 15th. “If Scruggs’ money is too dirty for even the Clintons, it should be too dirty for our state,” stated Emineth.

Records on file with the ND Secretary of State’s office document that Scruggs donated $10,000 to the ND Democratic-NPL Party on October 26th, 2006.

Emineth would like to see the ND Democrats donate the $10,000 to charity. “In the spirit of Christmas I think that $10,000 would do a lot of good for several non-profit organizations in North Dakota.”