MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two attorneys from North Carolina have pleaded guilty in federal court in Wisconsin to charges they created a sham political action committee. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Milwaukee announced Monday that Jack Daly and Nathanael Pendley pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud and lying to the Federal Election Commission. According to court documents, the attorneys formed a political action committee they said was designed to convince former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke to run for U.S. Senate. The committee raised more than $1.6 million from donors but most of the money was spent to personally benefit Daly and Pendley, not to convince Clarke to run. The committee continued to raise money even after Clarke announced he wouldn’t run.
