Trail of Ethical Lapses, Donation Irregularities Emerges at Easley Hearings

RALEIGH — The testimony highlighted slipshod record-keeping of five-figure donations, promises from Easley staffers that money would be diverted from Democratic Party coffers to the governor’s campaign, and accounts of services provided to the governor that were not disclosed in a timely manner and not reimbursed, as the law requires.