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McCain Aide's Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac

By Chuck Ansbacher

Tuesday September 23, 2008

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Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 — 7:15 PM ET
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McCain Aide’s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac

One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the
credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator
John McCain’s campaign manager from the end of 2005 through
last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of
the arrangement. The disclosure contradicts a statement
Sunday night by Mr. McCain that the campaign manager, Rick
Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last
several years.

And…

They said Mr. Davis’s firm, Davis & Manafort, was kept on the payroll because of Mr. Davis’s close ties to Mr. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, who was widely expected by 2006 to run again for the White House.