Katherine) Harris Employee Said He Disguised Contributions In '95

By WILLIAM MARCH and KEITH EPSTEIN
Published: Apr 6, 2006

TAMPA - Federal investigators said the new deputy treasurer for the Katherine Harris Senate campaign acknowledged he was part of an illegal campaign contribution scheme in 1995 - similar to two others that have involved Harris.

The new Harris staff member, Timothy C. Beall, was working for Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Commission records say Beall was one of several campaign employees given cash and told to write checks to the campaign in their own names. Those checks were counted as contributions from employees, a disguise that is illegal under federal election laws.

According to the commission's January 2002 report, Beall acknowledged doing this. No one was charged because the five-year statute of limitations had expired.

Ingram said Beall told him "it was a matter of his name being attached to the report and there wasn't much to it.

Beall, an Arlington, Va., lawyer, joined the Harris team when former treasurer Nancy Watkins of Tampa left in February. Ingram said Beall was vetted by former campaign fundraiser Anne Dunsmore.

Beall has also worked for the Bush-Cheney 2000 Recount Fund and for religious conservative Gary Bauer's 2000 presidential campaign.

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