Last week, we posted this item:

The Times-Picayune reported today on the fundraising practices of its home-state Senator David Vitter.  One of Vitter's contributors, Jamal Ogbe, told the paper that he was reimbursed for his contribution to Vitter. That's illegal.

It is illegal under federal campaign finance law. So, CREW plans to file an ethics complaint against the donor who allegedly reimbursed his employees:

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) plans to file the complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) this week in light of a recent report that employees at a California-based dry cleaning company were reimbursed for their donations to Vitter’s Senate campaign last summer.

“It’s a clear violation of campaign finance law,” said Melanie Sloan, the group’s executive director.

Earlier this month the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Jamal Ogbe, a former executive with the U.S. Dry Cleaning Corp., said he was reimbursed by the company for his $4,800 contribution to Vitter’s campaign. The company’s employees and their families gave Vitter a total of $33,000 in the hope that he would help them receive federal stimulus money or other government assistance.

The company, which has since filed for bankruptcy, did not respond to a request for comment.

Sloan stresses the case involving Vitter centers on the contributor, not the Louisiana Republican. “It’s really a complaint more against the dry cleaner,” she said. “The question is whether Vitter knew [what was happening].