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Mon Dec 10, 2018, 12:10 PM Dec 2018

Senate Republican Leader Fires Legal Counsel After Disclosure of Theft

HARTFORD, CT — Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano fired his chief legal counsel Monday for stealing money from the Senate Republican Leadership PAC.

Fasano said Mike Cronin, his chief legal counsel, told him Monday that he “removed without authorization tens of thousands of dollars from the caucus PAC, monies that were donated to support state Senate candidates.”

The PAC raised more than $102,000 from individuals during the recent campaign cycle and reported spending about $113,000 most of it on mailings and other ads for state Senate candidates, according to its filings with the State Elections Enforcement Commission.

Senate Republicans had hoped to expand their numbers but their caucus shrank in the past election from 18 to 13.

Read more: https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/story/20181203_senate_republican_leader_fires_legal_counsel/

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