ABC: Giuliani Attends Fundraiser Held by Felon

Who else would he raise money for? From ABC:

A Pennsylvania man convicted in a notorious corruption case played host to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at a fundraiser last night, despite the Giuliani campaign’s public efforts to distance itself from the man.

Bob Asher, a major Pennsylvania Republican player as a national party committeeman, was one of four hosts for the $2,300-a-person event. Asher was convicted in 1986 on charges stemming from a bribery scheme intended to win a $300,000 state government contract. The case gained national attention when his co-defendant in the case, Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, committed suicide at a televised news conference. Asher was sentenced to serve one year in prison….

“That’s 21 years ago, so we’ll let that go. I did what I did, and I’ve paid may dues for it,” Asher told ABC News outside the event last night….

Asher announced earlier this year he had agreed to be Giuliani’s Pennsylvania political chairman, according to the New York Times, although the Giuliani campaign disputed that.

When asked about his role in the campaign last night, Asher said, “There’s been no one named in Pennsylvania to any post here at all.”