Woolard to Call on Butterfield to Return Tainted Contributions | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: Submitted as a press release from the Ashley Woolard Campaign.

    GOP First District Congressional candidate Ashley Woolard will call on Congressman G.K. Butterfield to return tainted campaign contributions from embattled Democratic congressman Charlie Rangel in a series of press conferences Tuesday.

    Woolard will appear at the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville at 10:30 AM, Woolard for Congress Headquarters in Washington, NC at 1:30 PM and the Wayne County GOP Headquarters in Goldsboro, NC at 4:00 PM.

    Butterfield is a member of the House Ethics Committee investigating Rangel on charges of tax evasion. The House Ethics Committee is scheduled to meet Thursday to address this issue.

    "Unless returned, this money has the appearance of a bribe," said Woolard on Monday. "Congressman Chandler gave back donations from Rangel last year and I call on Congressman Butterfield to do the same before he votes on these charges in committee."

    According to Opensecrets.org, Rangel contributed $4000 to Butterfield. Butterfield was first elected to congress in a 2004 Special Election to fill the unexpired term of convicted felon Frank Ballance, who pled guilty to embezzling taxpayer monies through a sophisticated money-laundering scheme.

    "Congressman Butterfield must return this ill-gotten money or step down from the Ethics Committee," said Woolard. "Anything less leaves him as a possible accessory to the crime."

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