An investigation into whether Biden and his associates knew of the donor's illegal bundling failed to turn up sufficient evidence.
in 2011, and was later sentenced to two years in prison–of which he served a year and a half–for reimbursing employees with company funds for their donations to Biden’s campaign.
According to Tigani, he mentioned the illegal bundling to Biden’s 2008 campaign finance director Dennis Toner, who asked him, “How many people do you have who you can trust?” Later confronted by FBI agents about his bundling, Tigani says he began cooperating with an investigation into bribery in Delaware politics and, more specifically, whether the Biden campaign was aware of Tigani’s illegal activities.
The investigation—which reportedly included a recorded phone call with Toner and a record in-person meeting with a Biden aide-turned-lobbyist—failed to turn up sufficient evidence that Toner or anyone else connected to the Biden campaign knew of his contributions, according to a subsequent report on the investigation.
"This matter was thoroughly investigated almost a decade ago by the Department of Justice, and there was no finding, or even allegation, of improper behavior by the 2008 campaign," a Biden spokesperson told
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