Prominent GOP fundraiser and coin dealer Tom Noe pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally funnelling about $45,000 to President Bush's 2004 campaign.  See the AP article on the Washington Post site here (free registration required).

The Bush campaign has already donated $6000 to charity -- an amount equivalent to the direct contributions from Noe and his wife -- following embezzlement charges against Noe last year with regard to his management of an Ohio workers' compensation fund.  No word on whether an amount equivalent to the illegally-funnelled contributions will also be donated.