Congressman Donates Illegal Campaign Cash to Lancaster Charities

Representative Joe Pitts (R-PA) chairs a recent hearing in Washington.

The Daily Local News reported Friday that Parkesburg's representative in Washington, Congressman Joe Pitts, donated $4,000 in political contributions from two men accused of being agents of Pakistan's intelligence service to two Lancaster County charities.

The contributions came in 2004 from two men charged with participating in a long-term conspiracy to act as agents of the Pakistani government in the U.S. without disclosing the affiliation with the Pakistani government as required by law.

In the article Congressman Pitts called each of the $2,000 contribution, "unremarkable."

After learning of the charges brought against the two men, Pitts made a $2,000 donation to the Lancaster Boys & Girls Club, and a $2,000 donation to the Water Street Mission, which aids homeless people.

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