Nice they can use campaign funds to fight pervert charges. We SOOOOOO need campaign finance reform.

WEST PALM BEACH — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned from Congress amid an Internet teen sex scandal, has racked up nearly a half-million dollars in legal fees paid from his campaign account, according to recent filings.

Foley spent $277,367 on legal fees from February to April, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission.

That’s on top of the $206,000 in campaign cash Foley spent on attorneys from last November to January.

Foley’s filing indicated that he still has about $1.4 million in campaign cash as of July 15.

The FEC has ruled that such expenditures for legal fees that arise from congressional duties are generally lawful, but Foley must still return money to donors who request refunds.

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