Today's Bee features a story about indicted billionaire donor Henry T. Nicholas, who is funding two tough-on-crime ballot measures, while facing allegations of drug and prostitution use and bribery.
Nicholas has been a top donor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, giving the governor's political committees $1.65 million.
Asked if the governor would return the money, Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Julie Soderlund said, "We will allow (the legal process) to run its course and make a decision based on the outcome."
Nicholas is also a major donor to Attorney General Jerry Brown.
In 2005, Nicholas gave Jerry Brown, a Democrat, $11,200 in his bid for California attorney general. That is the maximum donation allowable under state law.
Brown, who is California chief law enforcement officer, said through a spokesman he does not plan to return Nicholas' donation.
Brown worked briefly with Nicholas in 2004, when he recorded a radio ad to oppose Proposition 66, a proposal to amend the state's three-strikes law. Nicholas paid for the ad to be broadcast.
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