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 WASHINGTON (AP) - John Edwards' mistress received $100,000 from his political action committee in an 18-week span in 2006, payments that raise this question: Can politicians use PACs as their own personal piggy banks?
From staging fundraisers in Las Vegas to financing ski trips, current and former lawmakers have spent PAC money on a broad range of seemingly personal activities over the years, all the while maintaining they are doing so for strictly political purposes.
In the wake of the disclosure of Edwards' affair with videographer Rielle Hunter, Edwards has acknowledged a federal criminal investigation is under way into his presidential campaign fund.
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