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again, fec rules are clear, crystal clear, candidates cannot use campaign funds for personal expenses. however, an fec spokesperson did tell us they will consider approving, quote, unusual rental arrangements. but o donnell has never mentioned getting any such approval. in september, gary tuchman spoke to david keegan, a former financial adviser who worked for the campaign for two months and who said had he to quit because he didn t like what he saw. she would withdraw money for mileage, she doesn t own a car, didn t own a car at the time, and you can only do one or the other, take the mileage expense or gas. she was doing both. reporter: she wasn t even running anything. no. she should have been paying anything left over and anything that came back in should have been paying off debt. none of that reporter: she was using it to go bowling? yeah. reporter: as a campaign expense? yeah. reporter: and no campaign? and paying rent. reporter: and paying her rent with ....
Didn t own a car at the time, you can only do the one, take the mileage expense or gas, she was doing both. she should have been paying anything left over and anything that came back in should have been paying off debt. none of that reporter: she was using it to go bowling? yeah. reporter: as a campaign expense? yeah. reporter: and no campaign? and paying rent. reporter: and paying her rent with it. yeah. now this morning christine o donnell dismissed keegan with a personal attack. she described him as a volunteer who was let go from her campaign because in her words he gave so many people on the campaign the creeps. and she had this to say about his claims. well, the fact that these are false accusations, is what keeps me out of trouble, and we ve got a great attorney who is setting the record straight with us. but first, let s look at this. dave keegan was a volunteer in 2008. so how would he know about anything in 2009? in fact, david keegan was a paid employ ....
Said he had to quit as a financial adviser because he was aghast at what he saw. she would withdraw money for mileage she does not own a car. didn t own a car at the time. and you can only do one or the other. take a mileage expense or gas. she was doing both. reporter: she s not even running for anything. no. she should have been paying anything left over and anything that came back in should have been paying off debt. none of that reporter: she was using it to go bowling. yeah. reporter: as a campaign expense. no campaign. and paying rent. reporter: and paying her rent with it. yeah. there s also been a lot of questions raised about her college record. what have you learned about that? reporter: she has very much stressed throughout her life that it s never proper to lie, that you should always tell the truth, but many people who know her, many people who used to work with her say they ve always assumed she was a college graduate because she told them she went ....
Democrats trying to dig up dirt on her and that these amounts were kind of small amounts, couple hundred dollars here, a couple hundred there. what does the state republican party have to say? reporter: right, the state republican party here in wilmington, delaware, the chairman of the party before the election was strongly in favor of mike castle. what s being said now is that they came up with a statement, they will support all republican candidates but conspicuous by its absence was no mention of this particular candidate, christine o donnell. i called and asked, does that mean you are supporting her, you re not supporting her, they wouldn t comment. we re talking about former employees, this is important. today we talked to a former financial adviser who worked for the campaign for two months and said he had to quit as a financial adviser because he was aghast at what he saw. she would withdraw money for mileage. she doesn t own a car. didn t own a car at the time. and you can ....
Financial adviser because he was aghast at what he saw. she would withdraw money for mileage. she doesn t own a car. didn t own a car at the time. and you can only do one or the other. take a mileage expense or gas. she was doing both. reporter: she s not even running for anything. no. she should have been paying anything left over and anything that came back in should have been paying off debt. none of that reporter: she was using it to go bowling. yeah. reporter: as a campaign expense. no campaign. and paying rent. reporter: and paying her rent with it. yeah. there s also been a lot of questions raised about her college record. what have you learned about that? reporter: she has very much stressed throughout her life that it s never proper to lie, that you should always tell the truth, but many people who know her, many people who used to work with her say they ve always assumed she was a college graduate because she told them she went to fairleigh dickinson u ....