“Steele scandal” on The Daily Caller

Two top Republicans came out in support of Michael Steele on Tuesday, urging Republicans to focus on defeating Democrats in this fall’s election. (more)

Jon Stewart — best known for his work in the movie Wishful Thinking — gave The Daily Caller a sort of back-handed shout-out (shout-in?) last night. Yeah … thanks Jon: (more)

The Daily Caller’s publisher Neil Patel was all over the media-sphere today discussing – what else – the story this publication broke about the RNC’s odd expenditures at a themed restaurant in West Hollywood. (more)

It was a clash of titans pleasant chat between The Daily Caller’s publisher Neil Patel and CBS’ Bob Schieffer on Washington Unplugged earlier today. (more)

Politicians are no strangers to strip clubs, or any other type of sex establishment, for that matter. (more)

Two top Republican National Committee officials have to sign-off on every dime the committee reimburses to staffers. (more)

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was flying home from Honolulu the night young Republican donors and at least one RNC staffer – who has now been fired – were partying at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex. (more)

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The Daily Caller’s Jonathan Strong dropped by MSNBC today discuss his piece about the RNC’s  curious expenditures. He also responded to criticism from Steele spokesman Doug Heye. (more)

A $1,946.25 bar tab at a bondage-themed Hollywood nightclub financed by the RNC was part of a night of cultivating young Republican donors, The Daily Caller learned Monday after first reporting the expense that showed up on recent FEC filing. (more)

Republican National Committee spokesman Doug Heye, in defending RNC Chairman Michael Steele during a Fox News interview, likened criticism of the RNC’s expenditures at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub in California, to a Democratic National Committee expense at Josephine, a bar and lounge in Washington. (more)

The complaints from the RNC about this morning’s Daily Caller article, “High Flyer: RNC Chairman Steele suggested buying private jet with RNC funds,” while loud, lack substance. Despite claims to the contrary, no one from the committee has ever explained the specific circumstances of any of the expenses listed in its most recent disclosure filings. (more)

The Republican who spent $1,946.25 on “meals” at a bondage-themed Hollywood nightclub — and expensed the charges to chairman Michael Steele’s Republican National Committee — is the owner of a marketing firm who works for a number of Republicans including a current gubernatorial candidate in California, The Daily Caller has learned. (more)

According to two knowledgeable sources, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele once raised the possibility of using party money to buy a private jet for his travel. (more)