Indicted PMA Group Boss Paul Magliocchetti Spread Wealth to Dozens of Politicians - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets

Indicted PMA Group Boss Paul Magliocchetti Spread Wealth to Dozens of Politicians - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets: "Paul Magliocchetti, the former head of now-defunct lobbying shop PMA Group, was indicted Thursday in federal court on charges he made hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions.

And contribute Magliocchetti did: A Center for Responsive Politics analysis indicates that he and his spouses together donated more than $792,000 to federal-level candidates and political committees since the 1990 election cycle.

The majority of that total -- $475,000 -- came recently, during the 2004, 2006 and 2008 election cycles, the Center's analysis finds.

In all since the 1990 election cycle, Magliocchetti and his spouses (he divorced and remarried) contributed to the campaigns and/or leadership PACs of 135 federal-level political candidates. Of them, he and his spouses contributed at least $10,000 to the campaign committees and leadership PACs of 18 federal-level candidates.

Among the top recipients of Magliocchetti cash:

* Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.), $59,500
* Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), $28,250
* Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), $26,700
* Sen. John E. Sununu (R-N.H.), $26,500
* Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.), $23,250

Magliocchetti also donated $17,000 to the late-Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), for whom he once worked as an aide. The Office of Congressional Ethics investigated Murtha and other lawmakers for having questionable ties to PMA Group.