The brouhaha over Herman Cain’s alleged harassment, and his changing stories more often than Romney changes positions, have dominated the media to the extent of obscuring a problem that could have far more serious overtones, because it is a criminal act. Cain has received illegal campaign funding and may have covered it up. I bet you can guess where that funding originated.

Dave Weigel on what happened when a reporter asked Herman Cain’s campaign about his other big problem : At National Journal’s 2012 preview panel, in the caged environment of a hotel ballroom and live video, ABC News’s Amy Walter asked Block if he could explain the Bice story. "We’ve retained independent counsel to look at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story and report back to us," said Block… The short version of the issue at hand is that Herman Cain’s campaign apparently received startup funds from a non-profit which was then headed by Mark Block, now Cain’s campaign manager. That’s illegal on its face. Moreover, if Block and the campaign did anything to falsify reports to cover their tracks, then they would have been guilty not just of the original crime, but of a coverup… [emphasis added]

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Mark Block has a long and sordid history of illegal campaign practices. Like most of Cain’s campaign staff, Block is an operative of the Koch Brothers. Rachel Maddow adds detail and interviews columnist Daniel Bice, the reporter, who broke the story.

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