Dole's 2002 campaign took $81,000 in embezzled cash.

Kos has a link to the FEC audit and this fun bit of dodging from Dole's people. Their defense? "We didn't know it was dirty money, so we should get to keep it." Some fine legal minds over there.

FEC Audit Says Dole Committee Should Repay Over $80,000 in Embezzled Funds

A campaign committee associated with Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) must repay $81,320 in corporate contributions received in the 2002 campaign, the Federal Election Commission said in an audit released Nov. 1.

But the campaign committee, known as the Dole North Carolina Victory Committee, denied that it should have to make any repayments. Officials for the Dole committee argued that the problems uncovered by the FEC were caused by a rogue campaign staffer who embezzled money and wound up being sentenced to jail [...]