Michael Crites

August 13, 2008 - 11:46am

DeWine calls on Cordray to return ‘scandal-tainted’ campaign contributions that the Cordray camp says he never received

Ohio Republican Party chair Kevin DeWine is calling on Ohio treasurer Richard Cordray (D-Grove City) to return "scandal-tainted" campaign contributions totaling "more than $20,000" from Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo and Commissioner Jimmy Dimora.

The Cordray campaign says that Cordray never received the contributions in question.

Russo and Dimora were both prime targets in a federal public corruption probe that culminated in around 200 FBI and IRS agents executing search warrants at the Cuyahoga County administration building, data center, engineer's office and the homes of Russo and Dimora.

No charges have yet been filed against Russo or Dimora.

Cordray is running for Ohio Attorney General against former U.S. Attorney Michael Crites (R-Powell).

DeWine also called on Cordray to call for the resignation of Russo and Dimora.

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July 22, 2008 - 8:34am

Fmr. U.S. attorney on GOP's attorney general short list

Former U.S. attorney for the southern district of Ohio, Michael Crites is on the Ohio Republican Party's list of potential nominees, the Columbus Dispatch reported yesterday.

ORP communications director John McClelland told PolitickerOH.com that there are no plans to make an announcement of an attorney general pick as of this morning. 

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