December 5, 2013
Former Iowa State Sen. Kent Sorenson
FBI searches home of former Iowa State Sen. Kent Sorenson
DES MOINES (AP) — Federal agents recently searched the Iowa home of former Republican State Sen. Kent Sorenson and seized computers and other materials, his attorney said Wednesday.
The FBI searched Sorenson's home on Nov. 20, the Des Moines Register reported Wednesday.
Sorenson's attorney, Theodore Sporer, said computers were confiscated. Sporer said he hasn't been notified that Sorenson is the target of any investigation.
“It wasn't a 'raid,' ” Sporer said. “They executed a search warrant that, frankly, we anticipated was coming.”
Sorenson, who lives in Milo, resigned his Senate seat in October after an independent investigator concluded that he probably broke ethics rules in receiving money from presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's political action committee and campaign.
Investigator Mark Weinhardt has said Sorenson received a check from a high-ranking official in Ron Paul's presidential campaign days before he ditched Bachmann in January 2012 to back Paul, and ultimately received $73,000 in payments that may be linked to Paul's campaign.
Weinhardt concluded that Sorenson probably broke ethics rules in receiving $7,500 in monthly income from Bachmann's political action committee and campaign in exchange for working as Bachmann's state chairman in 2011.
Weinhardt's report, which came out in October, said Sorenson received a $25,000 check from Paul's deputy national campaign manager that was never cashed.
No charges have been filed against Sorenson.
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