'Longtime Friend,' Thompson Adviser Has Rap Sheet

Since March, Philip J. Martin has traveled around the country on behalf of GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson, flying the former senator to events and working to raise more than $6 million for Thompson's campaign. In the 30 years prior, Martin raised hell, according to public records and numerous lawsuits reviewed by ABC News, as a bookie, drug dealer and accused double-dealer. Police files show Martin was convicted of or pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in the 1970s and 80s and...Full Story