Corzine to donate Madoff campaign contributions

TRENTON - Gov. Corzine says he'll donate to charity his campaign donations from disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff.

Madoff donated $2,000 to Corzine's U.S. Senate campaign in 1999 and $1,000 to his gubernatorial campaign in 2005. Corzine says that he wasn't aware of the donations until recently.

Corzine spokesman Robert Corrales says the governor will give away the money in the coming weeks. No charity has been picked yet.

Madoff is accused of duping investors out of as much as $50 billion in what may be the largest Ponzi scheme ever. - AP