Jim Black took cash from a strip club owner.
The former House speaker testified today that he also received $2,000 in cash from David "Slim" Baucom, owner of a chain of topless bars in Charlotte.
He told prosecutors that the donation was Baucom's idea. He said Baucom wanted to help Black avoid the political problems of receiving a campaign finance donation from a strip club owner.
"He said it would embarrass me," he said.
Baucom was seen by reporters clutching paperwork as he walked into a federal courthouse where a grand jury was discussing Black's case on April 21, 2006.
"I'm just here to drop some papers off," he said then.
The N&O reported in 2006 that Baucom donated $4,000 to a political action committee that represented restaurant and bar owners, which then turned around and gave $4,000 to Black.
Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated the newspaper that broke the story.
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