NHDP Asks USA for Criminal Investigation into Guinta

by: Dean Barker

Thu Oct 28, 2010 at 18:03:20 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. --The director of the New Hampshire Democratic Party is asking for a criminal investigation into Republican Congressional candidate Frank Guinta's (GYIHN'-tah's) financial disclosures.

In a letter provided to The Associated Press, Mike Brunelle asks U.S. Attorney John Kacavas to investigate whether Guinta lied on his financial disclosure statements, a crime punishable by up to five years in prison.

Guinta, who has loaned his campaign $355,000, added a previously unreported bank account to a financial disclosure form in July.