Opinion ID: 2773214
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: Finally, Whittemore argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction. We disagree. Sufficient evidence for only six conduit contributions of $4,600 is required to sustain Whittemore’s conviction for conduit contributions in excess of $25,000. See 52 U.S.C. UNITED STATES V. WHITTEMORE 19 § 30109(d)(1)(A) (formerly 2 U.S.C. § 437g(d)(1)(A)). The government presented evidence that Whittemore had promised to raise $150,000 for Senator Reid’s campaign by March 31, 2007; evidence that the campaign contacted him to check on his progress on March 21 and on March 27; testimony from thirteen relatives and employees describing the transfer of funds on March 27 and March 28; copies of checks from Whittemore to the transferees and from the transferees to the campaign written within days of each other; and a new spreadsheet list of campaign donors that obscured the employment relationships between Wingfield Nevada Group and the donors. This evidence was more than sufficient to support Whittemore’s conviction. AFFIRMED.