A former business partner of Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) told federal officials back in 2009 that the congressman instructed him to have employees of their car dealership write checks to his political campaign for which they would then be reimbursed.The Federal Election Commission deposed Sam Kazran on Nov. 6, 2009. Kazran, who is now being sued by the FEC for $67,900, filed the deposition in federal court on Monday. In the 2009 FEC interview, Kazran said he was “very confident that Mr. Buchanan had individual talks with everyone just like he did with me.”
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