Legal Fees Wind Down Murray Campaign Account
Former Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray’s once robust campaign account has been spent down to just $34,620 after the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce’s top executive shelled out nearly $200,000 over the past three months in penalties and legal fees.
After reaching a deal in August with Attorney General Martha Coakley to resolve her investigation into unlawfully solicited donations for Murray by former Chelsea Housing Authority Executive Director Michael McLaughlin, Murray’s campaign committee in early September paid the $20,000 civil fine and disgorged $50,000 from the account. Then in November, Murray paid off the remainder of the legal bills that have accrued throughout the investigation, including $70,000 to Nixon Peabody and $58,208 to the Worcester law firm of Aloise and Wilcox.
Murray hired Aloise and Wilcox after his attorney at Cooley LLP retired. The former lieutenant governor’s committee has also been paying Boston attorney Paul Johnson to handle compliance issues for the account.
“It’s done. He hasn’t had any new activity. All the activity has been with the negotiations with the AG over the fine and what was going to be included in the accounting,” Murray spokesman Scott Ferson said.
Once a potential candidate for governor in 2014, Murray resigned in May to become president and CEO of the Worcester chamber. Murray’s campaign account has taken in just $32,762 since the beginning of June, most of it deposited in the last two weeks of November, according to his campaign finance filings.
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