the tindog coffeehouse » John Cornyn http://www.tindog.com digressing, one cup at a time Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:42:01 +0000 en hourly 1 About that ‘fact-finding’ trip… http://www.tindog.com/2009/02/25/about-that-fact-finding-trip/ http://www.tindog.com/2009/02/25/about-that-fact-finding-trip/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:51:27 +0000 jason http://www.tindog.com/?p=1349 Ah, to be a U.S. senator. While the common rabble are stuck in our beige cubicles all day, Senator John Cornyn is busy dashing off on a ‘fact-finding’ trip to the Caribbean, courtesy of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford. Yep, the same Allen Stanford accused of committing $8 billion in banking fraud.

“It was strictly a fact-finding trip. They have offices in Houston, and they were doing a lot of business out of Antigua,” said Cornyn spokesman Kevin McLaughlin. “There was nothing untoward or unseemly about the company five years ago.”

Cornyn made the trip with his wife, Sandy, in early November 2004, and he disclosed it within days as required: $7,441, paid for by Stanford Financial Group. …

Cornyn received $19,700, making him the fifth-largest recipient, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

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