CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Aide in union contribution swap hosts California fund-raiser for McAuliffe. “A controversial figure in Democratic Party fund-raising circles Monday night is hosting a California gala for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. Laura Hartigan served as deputy to McAuliffe when he chaired the Democratic National Committee. In 1998, Senate investigators alleged that Hartigan participated in efforts to swap party contributions with the Teamsters Union. . . . On March 19, 2001, The New Republic wrote that McAuliffe tried to ‘illegally launder contributions’ through the DNC to Carey’s campaign against James Hoffa for president of the Teamsters.”