Reuters6:53 p.m. CDT, June 7, 2012


* Romney wealth handled by longtime personal lawyer* Obama campaign says Romney should meet tougher federal

standards* Romney still getting money from Bain
By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney is not doing enough to ensure his
political actions are not influenced by his multimillion-dollar
fortune, officials with President Barack Obama's campaign said
on Thursday.
The Obama campaign questioned why Romney has kept his
extensive investments in a blind trust administered by his
longtime lawyer, rather than setting up a trust that meets more
rigorous federal conflict-of-interest standards.
Obama officials periodically invoke Romney's fortune, worth
as much as $250 million, to try to make the case that he is out
of touch with the concerns of most Americans.
"It raises a host of questions of why it is that he will not
abide by more rigorous standards," Obama general counsel Robert