U.S. Rep Jon Porter goes through his schedules Friday in an effort to counter allegations from a former aide that the Republican lawmaker made illegal fundraising calls. Photo by Clint Karlsen. Nevada State Democratic Party Chairman Tom Collins speaks during a news conference Friday outside the Henderson office of Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev. Collins demanded that Porter release records of cell phone calls and daily schedules, but Porter said his showing the records to the media had nothing to do with Collins' demand. Photo by John Gurzinski.

With copies of his cell phone records and his daily schedules before him -- documents he says rebut illegal fundraising charges made by a former aide -- Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., sat in his campaign office Friday and admitted the paper trail he provided cannot definitively prove where he was when he made fundraising phone calls.

"But I can assure you I never made them from my district or Washington offices," he said.

Federal law makes it unlawful for a member of Congress to solicit or receive money while in a room or building being occupied in the discharge of official duties.

Porter, the only representative voters in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District have ever known, is in a heated race for re-election with Democrat Tessa Hafen, the former press secretary for U.S. Sen. Harry Reid.

Porter's release of records came on the same day that U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden asked the FBI to review a Democratic Party request for an investigation of Porter.

On Monday, Nevada State Democratic Party Chairman Tom Collins asked Bogden to open an investigation into Porter based on media accounts of charges made by Porter's former aide, Jim Shepard.

"We are not stating that Mr. Porter is under investigation, only that the matter will be referred for review," Bogden said.

Seated at a table inside November Inc., the Summerlin- area firm handling his campaign, Porter showed records for three days in April and two days in June -- the five days Shepard claims he saw Porter make illegal fundraising calls.

Shepard supplied the media with e-mails he said he wrote on those dates regarding the fundraising.

On the daily schedules that Porter provided, the documents show periods of up to six hours that the congressman had set aside to make phone calls.

These are the only times, he said, when he would make fundraising calls.

But there is no way to tell where the calls during those periods originated.

Shepard has said he sat across from Porter while the congressman made fundraising calls in his district office, one of which Shepard said was made on April 21 to Ron Boeddeker, the developer of the posh Lake Las Vegas resort. According to an e-mail Shepard says he wrote on April 21, Boeddeker promised to give $7,000.

Records supplied by Porter do show that he made a two- minute phone call to Boeddeker on April 21 at 10:45 a.m.

"I can assure you I wasn't in my district office when I made that call," Porter said. "And I never get $7,000 from a two- minute call."

Porter said he did receive a donation from Boeddeker but that was in 2005.

A check of the Federal Election Commission's Web site shows that Boeddeker donated to Porter in 2005. But it also shows two separate donations of $3,500 on May 4 of this year from Ron and Catherine Boeddeker to the Porter Nevada Victory Committee, which is listed under the Web site as a committee that raises funds to be distributed to other committees.

Neither Boeddeker nor Shepard, who now lives in Virginia, returned phone calls seeking comment Friday.

Porter characterizes Boeddeker as both a friend and someone he often works with. The congressman said he is helping Boeddeker get funding for an overpass near the resort.

"I call him frequently," Porter said.

Another phone record shows Porter calling Boeddeker for one minute on April 17.

On that day, Porter's records also show he phoned Matrix Engineering and Worly Distribution, which he said "may have been" fundraising calls.

"But again, if they were, they weren't made from my official office," he said. "Sometimes I just go outside my office into the hall to make calls."

Shepard, according to Porter, is "a disgruntled former employee" trying to affect the election's outcome.

"The timing of this is no mistake. He left us in June, and he makes these charges two weeks before the election. "

Porter was happy to show where he believes he made five calls on April 18, one of the days that Shepard alleges illegal fundraising took place.

"Look here, I was at the Sweet Tomatoes restaurant when I made these five calls," Porter said, showing a receipt with a time stamp of 11:36 a.m. "You have to pay first there, so I know I was there for lunch. And I'm sure I didn't leave there until 1 (p.m.)."

Two of the five calls, which were made between 12:38 p.m. and 12:54 p.m., were made to Robert Ellis.

"We're just friends," Ellis said Friday.

On June 15 and June 16, other dates noted by Shepard, Porter was in Washington. His records show only one call during a scheduled call time, to Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. He was unavailable for comment Friday.

Earlier Friday, Collins held a news conference at Porter's district office demanding that Porter release records of cell phone calls and daily schedules. Porter said Collins' demand had nothing to do with the timing of his release of records.

Porter's rival for office, Tessa Hafen, said Friday she hopes an investigation will determine what "actually happened."

"I welcome an investigation," Porter said. "I have done nothing wrong."

Shepard said he quit working for Porter because he feared "getting in trouble."