Questions raised about payment made by lawyer to Randy Bryce's ex-girlfriend

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Questions raised about payment made by lawyer to Randy Bryce's ex-girlfriend


https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/16/questions-raised-check-sent-randy-bryces-ex-girlfriend/777057002/




Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 11:57 a.m. CT July 16, 2018 | Updated 4:28 p.m. CT July 16, 2018


Congressional candidate Randy Bryce owed money to his ex-girlfriend for more than a decade.

That debt — which totaled about $4,200 by late last year — has since been paid.

What's unclear is exactly who paid it.

Bryce's ex-girlfriend, Rhonda Slechta, told the Journal Sentinel last November that she was surprised when she received the check for $4,245.73.

But it turns out the check wasn't from Bryce — it came from the Milwaukee-based law firm Halling & Cayo. It was delivered by Jeremy Levinson, an attorney with the firm who has represented the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

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Mike Maistelman, a Milwaukee lawyer who has represented Democrats and Republicans on campaign finance issues, compared the situation to the $130,000 payment Stormy Daniels received from President Donald Trump's longtime attorney.

"It strikes me as a little odd to hire a lawyer to have to pay off a debt, as opposed to just writing a check and sending it to his ex-girlfriend," Maistelman said. "This does sound very similar to the Stormy Daniels thing."..............................