NRCC Chairman Asks Law Enforcement To Investigate Former Vendor

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The cash-strapped National Republican Congressional Committee released a statement Friday suggesting a former vendor has engaged in fraudulent activity with regard to the committee's financial audit process.

The statement from NRCC Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) is the only information the committee is providing at this point, and the chairman emphasized that the committee has proactively contacted law enforcement to investigate the matter.

“As part of our ongoing efforts to institute and strengthen financial controls at the National Republican Congressional Committee, we learned earlier this week of irregularities in our financial audit process," Cole said in a statement released by the committee Friday afternoon.

"Since these irregularities may include fraud, we have notified the appropriate law enforcement authorities," the chairman continued. "We are aggressively and thoroughly investigating the matter and, while we determine the details, we have terminated our relationship with a former employee who was engaged as an outside vendor.”