Buried in an article from the Daily Caller on RNC Chairman Michael Steele's highflying lifestyle is this fascinating little nugget:
Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, Steele travels in style. A February RNC trip to California, for example, included a $9,099 stop at the Beverly Hills Hotel, $6,596 dropped at the nearby Four Seasons, and $1,620.71 spent [update: the amount is actually $1,946.25] at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex.
Not so fast says an unnamed RNC spokesman who:
... adamantly denies that Michael Steele was the party who spent the money at the club and says Steele strongly disavows such actions.
And while it's unclear if Steele was disavowing spending money to watch it or lesbian sex in general, in the wake of this news, the RNC has announced that they will conduct internal investigation .. which will no doubt require many, many, many trips to Voyeur West Hollywood to get to the bottom of this.
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