An unusually lucrative fundraiser for a former Liberal politician beset with gambling debts generated just under $300,000, according to a new statement from the now independent MP.
But the comments Raj Grewal made on Twitter Friday about the fundraising dinner last April also raise more questions, as he suggested that fewer than half of the 1,200 guests at the event actually paid for tickets, and that the money was needed for the kind of long campaign no longer possible under new election laws.
The fundraiser with its exceptionally large turnout and attendant large potential revenue has come under close scrutiny since Grewals gambling problems led to him being thrown out of the Liberal caucus.
The Brampton, Ont. MP admitted he ra…
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