Internal GOP investigation finds party official diverted proceeds from an inaugural celebration - The New Era

Internal GOP investigation finds party official diverted proceeds from an inaugural celebration - The New Era

Don Powers organized a big bash in D.C. His colleagues are trying to follow the money.   BY NIGEL JAQUISS Oregon Journalism Project As Oregon Republicans begin to turn their attention to next year’s elections, a fundraising scandal is rippling through their party. In a state where Democrats hold three-fifths supermajorities in both chambers of the Legislature, every statewide office, and seven of eight congressional seats, a healthy opposition p…