The former executive director of the state Senate Democratic Campaign Committee has been charged with embezzling at least $250,000 in campaign donations. Michael King faked polling results and other expenses and wrote himself checks from the Democrats’ campaign account between 2011 and early 2013, according to charging papers filed by the King County Prosecutor’s Office. King, 32, of Seattle, is charged with eight counts of theft carrying a possible sentence of 22 to 29 months, the Prosecutor’s Office said. More here. [BJS]
