Wonder what Stephen Bing and Donnie Shacks are doing these days? Wonder why this ABC News Article vanished down the memory hole back in 04
Here is the relevent portion of the ABC News Post
that was taken down with no explanation from the ABC News site
ABC NEWS POST THAT DISAPPEARED:
Officials: Democrat’s Biggest Money Man Has Mob Connections By Brian Ross [ABCNEWS.com] B O S T O N, July 28, 2004 As Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards arrived in Boston today for the Democratic National Convention, so did the california man who is their single biggest contributor. He is Stephen Bing, a wealthy film producer who, with little fanfare, has managed to steer a total of more than $16 million of his money to Democratic candidates and the supposedly independent groups that support them. “To most of the people who track money and politics, they’re like, who the hell is Steve Bing?” said Chuck Lewis, founder of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan watchdog organization.Bing is perhaps best known for sparking a tabloid frenzy when he publicly expressed doubt that he was the father of actress Elizabeth Hurley’s baby. (A paternity test proved he was indeed the father.) He repeatedly has refused to say why he is funneling millions of dollars to the Democrats. Lewis thinks it is cause for concern. “We can identify who the big donors are, but how much do we really know about any of them?” he said.
In fact, Democratic Party officials said they knew nothing about the man who law enforcement officials tell ABC News is Bing’s friend and business partner Dominic Montemarano
According to The Los Angeles Times, Bing paid Montemarano’s legal fees after his most recent scrape with the law. Montemerano’s lawyer said his client was an employee of Bing’s. After a recent private lunch with Democratic vice-presidential candidate Edwards, Bing also declined to answer questions about his relationship with Montemarano.
“The American people have a right to know who’s funding their presidential candidates and their parties,” Lewis said. “The Bing situation shows us how little we really know.” Throwback to Nixon Days? Campaign reform advocates say the role of secretive big money is all a throwback to the days of Richard Nixon and the scandal that grew out of the 1972 Republican Convention.
More information here…
Bing and Dominic sitting in a tree…k.i.s.s.ing Fun stuff! Demo Money Man pays for Hit Man!
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