The call was from Nick Baldick, a Democratic consultant who had worked on the Obama campaign and for the DSCC.

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Mr. LAMONT: I've got to tell you, I'm not that close with the DSCC, so I can't tell you exactly what their machinations are.

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They included John Del Cecato and Larry Grisolano (partners at AKPD), as well as Andy Grossman (who once ran the DSCC) and Erik Smith, who had been a paid adviser to the Obama presidential campaign.

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In fact, according to FEC records, Kramer also alleged that he was told by an unidentified Democratic Party fund-raiser that he should disguise a donation to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) in the name of a U.S. citizen.

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"I understood that the solicitor suggested (in the presence of myself and my secretary) that since the DSCC accepted contributions only from U.S. citizens, a U.S. citizen should contribute on my behalf, " Kramer is quoted as saying in the FEC files.

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