Advertisement Continue reading the main storyWhen the donations fell short of the $2.6 million promised by Ms. Sanders, she was forced to resign in 2011. The Washington Post reported on Monday that the investigation has accelerated in recent months, with prosecutors hauling boxes of records from the college. Jeff Weaver, a spokesman for Ms. Sanders and her husband, said that she was being scapegoated for the college’s failure. “This was a deal that was vetted by other senior members of the staff,” Mr. Weaver said. “At some point, it changed when the board was made aware that the rate of donations that were pledged was not near what was received,” Mr. Dunn said.

Source: New York Times July 11, 2017 02:53 UTC