Mary McCarty, Chair of George W. Bush Campaign, Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison For Corruption

Mary McCarty, Chair of George W. Bush Campaign, Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison For Corruption
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Mary B. McCarty, a 2000 Chair of George Bush's Presidential campaign, who allowed "two dozen Republican operatives" to "turn her commission office into a makeshift war room and watch the 2000 manual recount on closed-circuit television," was sentenced to 42 months in prison today for corruption.

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