The leadership PAC of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) contributed $5,000 to Sen. Richard Burr’s (R-N.C.) legal defense fund.
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Election committees associated with 37 current and former lawmakers have contributed a total of $280,000 to the legal defense fund for Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), according to disclosures filed with the secretary of the senate.
The reports show a deep commitment from lawmakers to their embattled colleague, who the Department of Justice investigated for stock sales before closing the matter without filing charges in January.
The support wasn’t just limited to Republicans. West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, Arizona’s Krysten Sinema and Virginia’s Mark Warner all chipped in a few thousand bucks. A PAC affiliated with Maine’s Angus King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, contributed $5,000. King also cut a personal check to Burr’s fund for another $5,000. And Erskine Bowles, Bill Clinton’s…