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Top Democrat and OFA Fundraiser Caught Trying to Sell Access to Obama Officials

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The fact this woman has already been fired should have sirens flashing all over the media, if they’re interested. Let’s see, a top political fundraiser working for Obama’s Organizing for Action is caught red-handed trying to elicit a $100,000 donation while promising access to the president’s inner circle. Yup, it sure reeks of scandal.

Organizing for Action is revamping its fundraising practices and fired a fundraiser amid questions about whether the group was promising access to Obama administration officials in exchange for donations.

Samantha Maltzman, a top fundraiser for the Democratic group with strong ties to President Obama, resigned from the organization after NBC News obtained emails between her and Dr. Munr Kazmir, a New Jersey businessman, explicitly listing prices to attend a summit last week with the president.

The emails conflicted with a pledge by former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina, who wrote in an op-ed last year that “we can’t and we won’t guarantee access to any government officials.”

While Kazmir ultimately did not donate to the group, the NBC News investigation revealed he did attempt to deliver a $100,000 donation from a New Jersey physician, Dr. Joseph Piacentile.

Maltzman returned the check because Piacentile has been convicted of Medicare fraud, but asked Kazmir to have him donate the money instead to America Votes, a partner organization that unlike OFA does not disclose its donors.

OFA officials speaking anonymously to NBC said that the donation was the third time that the group had asked large donations to be diverted to other progressive groups.

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» 5 Comments

  1. thirdtwin

    March 5th, 2014

    The hidden hand of Hillary strikes again.

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  2. iris354

    March 5th, 2014

    Will the Feds go after this woman the way they did Dinesh D’Souza? Zero tolerance.

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  3. McFartus Spontaneous

    March 5th, 2014

    I thought the only person that had access to Barry’s inner circle was Reggie Love? Well, maybe Cory Booker too.

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  4. Bill

    March 5th, 2014

    “deliver a $100,000 donation from a New Jersey physician, Dr. Joseph Piacentile.”

    “Piacentile has been convicted of Medicare fraud”

    this is how the political partys are really funded.

    tax dollars washed through fed handouts, resent back to campaign coffers.

    go on citzens, keep paying your income tax to crooks.

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  5. scr_north

    March 5th, 2014

    This little princess also was the Director of Finance for Hillary Clinton’s 2007 Presidential nomination committee. I’ll bet cash money she’ll be back on Clinton’s team for her run at the nomination for President.

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