Corinthian Colleges Donated More Than $27,000 to Boost Marco Rubio

In the last five years, Florida Senator Marco Rubio's various political operations have accepted $27,600 in contributions from Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education chain that shut down in April after a federal investigation found it had engaged in "predatory" practices.

The most recent donation appeared in the Republican presidential candidate's filing with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday: a $2,700 maximum from Mark Pelesh, who was listed as a "business executive" for Corinthian Colleges. (The listing was a mistake by the Rubio campaign: Pelesh, who worked 10 years at Corinthian, was actually with another employer at the time of the contribution. Pelesh joined the higher education loan guarantee firm USA Funds in 2013).