WASHINGTON — Neil Alpert, fined three years ago for improperly spending money from a political action committee he chaired, has been hired by the Republican National Committee to help with fundraising.
Alpert, whose new role was reported Sunday by AOL’s Politics Daily, will serve as a special assistant for finance to RNC Chairman Michael Steele.
In 2007, the District’s Office of Campaign Finance found that Alpert improperly spent $37,670 on items that were not authorized by the D.C. Baseball PAC, which he chaired, or the D.C. Baseball Association, a nonprofit group that the PAC created to raise money for youth programs. He was asked to reimburse the groups and was fined $4,000.
Alpert, who left his post as director of institutional relations at the Washington National Opera for the RNC job, could not be reached to comment. RNC officials did not discuss his hiring.
