CLEVELAND (AP) — A direct-marketing magnate charged forconspiring to skirt campaign finance laws
while funneling nearly$200,000 to two congressional campaigns will not stand trial until 2014.ThePlain
Dealer in Cleveland (http://bit.ly/GKafCS) reports U.S. DistrictJudge Patricia Gaughan has scheduled the
trial of 72-year-old BenjaminSuarez of Canton for June 2.Suarez is charged with violatingcampaign finance
laws, obstructing justice, conspiracy counts, makingfalse statements and witness tampering. He denies the
charges.TheFBI questioned employees of Suarez Corporation Industries last yearabout donations to two
Republicans, U.S. Rep. James Renacci(reh-NAY’-see) and state treasurer Josh Mandel (man-DEHL’), who
wasrunning for the U.S. Senate. Renacci and Mandel each returned at least$100,000 in campaign
contributions.Neither Renacci nor Mandel are mentioned in the indictment charging Suarez and a
co-defendant.___Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.comCopyright 2013 The Associated
Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.CLEVELAND (AP) — A direct-marketing magnate charged forconspiring to skirt campaign finance
laws while funneling nearly$200,000 to two congressional campaigns will not stand trial until 2014.ThePlain
Dealer in Cleveland (http://bit.ly/GKafCS) reports U.S. DistrictJudge Patricia Gaughan has scheduled the
trial of 72-year-old BenjaminSuarez of Canton for June 2.Suarez is charged with violatingcampaign finance
laws, obstructing justice, conspiracy counts, makingfalse statements and witness tampering. He denies the
charges.TheFBI questioned employees of Suarez Corporation Industries last yearabout donations to two
Republicans, U.S. Rep. James Renacci(reh-NAY’-see) and state treasurer Josh Mandel (man-DEHL’), who
wasrunning for the U.S. Senate. Renacci and Mandel each returned at least$100,000 in campaign
contributions.Neither Renacci nor Mandel are mentioned in the indictment charging Suarez and a
co-defendant.___Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.comCopyright 2013 The Associated
Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.