Federal Prosecutors are closing in on former NRCC treasurer Christopher Ward. But the story, thus far, appears to be different than the one the NRCC is telling.

So says Republican campaign finance lawyer Cleta Mitchell of the NRCC. It’s her excuse for why the NRCC didn’t take very basic measures to ensure that Christopher Ward didn’t steal from the campaign committees he worked with.

Whatever the excuse, the NRCC is now complaining, again, that they’re victims and therefore it’s very mean that the FEC will fine them for overstating their

The Politico fleshes out the NRCC accounting story–and it sure looks like they had a scheme ripe for money laundering.