Mandel returns funds being checked by FBI
Toledo Blade – Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, has returned $105,000 in campaign contributions to employees of a northern Ohio direct-marketing firm in response to an FBI investigation.
The money came from 21 donors affiliated with Canton-based Suarez Corporation Industries and has raised questions because many contributors had no record of giving to federal campaigns and some did not appear to have high incomes.
In a letter to the donors, Mr. Mandel’s campaign treasurer, Kathryn Kessler, said the campaign was refunding “any contributions that appear to be under investigation by federal authorities.
