Sentences with phrase «election commission complaint»

Sarasota County Democratic Executive Committee chair JoAnne DeVries filed the Federal Election Commission complaint Tuesday, claiming Scott hid campaign donors and therefore leading to conflicts of interest.

Common Cause, the left - leaning watchdog group, strongly believes that the McDougal payment was not a legitimate press function, and has filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against both Trump and American Media Inc. over the payment, calling it «an illegal corporate in - kind contribution to the 2016 Trump campaign.»

North Carolina Democrats filed an Federal Election Commission complaint against Tillis» campaign and the state Republican Party.

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There's already a complaint in front of the Federal Election Commission.

Mr. Cohen said that he had given a similar statement to the Federal Election Commission in response to a complaint filed by the government watchdog group Common Cause, which contended that the payment, made through a limited liability company that Mr. Cohen established, was an in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

Watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints with the Justice Department and Federal Election Commission arguing that the settlement amounted to an unreported in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

The lawsuit by Ms. Clifford adds weight to allegations in a separate legal complaint brought by Common Cause, a public interest group that has asked the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department to investigate the $ 130,000 payment by Mr. Cohen.

That payment is the subject of criticism from the watchdog group Common Cause, which filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice alleging it violated campaign finance rules.

The money, which Mr. Cohen has said came from his own personal funds, is the subject of complaints lodged by the group Common Cause with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department.

Watchdog groups had previously filed complaints about the payment with the Federal Election Commission, the Office of Government Ethics and the Justice Department.

The extent to which Mr. Cohen was acting on his own in striking the agreement with Ms. Clifford and paying her is crucial not only to Ms. Clifford's case but also to the complaint against the Trump campaign and the Trump Organization filed with the Federal Election Commission.

«This is a frivolous and blatant, politically - motivated complaint that makes a mockery of the Federal Election Commission process,» the Tillis campaign said in a statement, adding it «never employed foreign workers or improperly coordinated with outside groups.»

Cohen said he told the Federal Election Commission the same thing after the nonprofit government accountability group Common Cause filed a complaint alleging that the payment was an illegal «in kind» political contribution.

Campaign finance watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department alleging that the payment amounted to an illegal campaign expenditure.

The payment has prompted complaints to the Justice Department and Federal Election Commission over potential violations of campaign finance law.

Campaign finance watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and Justice Department alleging that the then - secret payment amounted to an illegal campaign expenditure.

January 22, 2018: The campaign finance and anti-corruption watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and Department of Justice asking them to «determine whether the payment was made by the Trump Organization or some other corporation or individual, which would additionally make it an illegal in - kind contribution to the campaign.»

Campaign finance watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department alleging that the then - secret payment amounted to an illegal campaign expenditure.

The watchdog group Common Cause has filed complaints with the commission and the Department of Justice, arguing that the payment violates election laws.

The suit's claim that Trump knew about the payment and that it was aimed at keeping the affair from voters «confirms what we suspected,» said Paul Ryan, a top lawyer with Common Cause, one of the groups that have lodged complaints with the Federal Election Commission about the payoff.

At least two complaints to the Federal Election Commission allege that the money was meant to influence the presidential election and therefore amounted to an illegal in - kind contribution to the Trump cElection Commission allege that the money was meant to influence the presidential election and therefore amounted to an illegal in - kind contribution to the Trump celection and therefore amounted to an illegal in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

In its complaints to the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Common Cause argues that the alleged payment to Stephanie Clifford, whose stage name is Stormy Daniels, likely violated federal campaign - finance laws as an unreported, in - kind donation to Trump's campaign.

The payment has become the subject of complaints to the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission.

In August 2013 she filed complaints with the Erie County Board of Elections and the now - disbanded Moreland Commission.

The chief enforcement counsel position and the compliance unit were created in the 2014 state budget after the now - defunct Moreland Commission found the board rarely took action on election law violations and complaints.

The payment Stormy Daniels received is the subject of complaints by watchdog groups to the Department of Justice and the Federal Election Commission, which Trevor Potter used to be chairman of.

The payment Cohen made to her is now the subject of complaints to the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission, alleging that it was an illegal campaign contribution.

Drew also said that he expected no problems as a result of the State Elections Enforcement Commission's decision, also on Oct. 18, to investigate a complaint by Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Herbst's campaign manager that Drew attempted a «shakedown» when he sent gubernatorial campaign fundraising letters to Middletown city employees in September.

Nader's lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission, over the FEC's refusal to even ask various state Democratic Parties and various law firms to respond to his complaint will be argued on January 14, 2013, in the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit.

New York State Board of Elections officials received a verbal drubbing from commissioners on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission, during a lengthy hearing over their failure to pursue complaints about campaign violations during the past several years.

State Board of Elections officials received a verbal drubbing from commissioners on New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission during a lengthy hearing over their failure to pursue complaints about campaign violations during the past several years.

Hartford City Council President Shawn Wooden has filed a complaint against state Sen. Eric Coleman with the state Elections Enforcement Commission.

In a letter of complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Connecticut Working Families Party's executive director, Lindsay Farrell, cited an Oct. 9 Courant article — which reported that Greenberg's campaign committee hadn't listed many rent payments on campaign finance reports from late 2013 into the first part of 2014.

He also ran into more controversy recently when the State Elections Enforcement Commission opened an investigation into a complaint by a Bridgeport resident who said he never signed a petition that allowed Ganim to get on the primary ballot.

In October, Wilson filed a complaint with the state election commission alleging that family members and friends made large contributions to the Democratic state central committee, with the party then violating campaign finance regulations by shifting that funding back down to Kennedy's campaign.

The American Democracy Legal Fund, a group linked to Clinton, filed three complaints with the Federal Election Commission against Sen. Bernie Sanders and two super PACs that support him.

The election commission's now - settled lawsuit against the state Democratic Party, and lawsuits by the party against the SEEC, came after the state Republican Party chairman filed a complaint that the Democrats funneled state contractors» money into the 2014 gubernatorial race through a back door.

When Former Ambassador Phil Murphy — the only declared Democratic candidate thus far in New Jersey's 2017 gubernatorial election — filed a complaint with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) claiming that as - yet undeclared candidate Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop was using his mayoral account for a thinly veiled run for governor, many were left scratching their heads about why Murphy would publicly thrash Fulop with such alleelection — filed a complaint with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) claiming that as - yet undeclared candidate Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop was using his mayoral account for a thinly veiled run for governor, many were left scratching their heads about why Murphy would publicly thrash Fulop with such alleElection Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) claiming that as - yet undeclared candidate Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop was using his mayoral account for a thinly veiled run for governor, many were left scratching their heads about why Murphy would publicly thrash Fulop with such allegations.

The Board of Commissioners of Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) has upheld Tuesday's ruling of NEC Dispute Hearing Officer which dismissed complaints of fraud...

«Sarasota Democrat files election complaint against Scott» via Zac Anderson of the Sarasota Herald - Tribune — Sarasota County Democratic Party Chairwoman JoAnne DeVries has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission alleging Scott's U.S. Senate campaign violated federal election law.

On Feb. 3, a complaint was filed with the Federal Elections Commission by an organization called Campaign for Accountability, calling for an investigation into requesting the alleged illegal coordination between Heaney's campaign and New York Jobs Council, a super PAC Heaney appears to have established.

However, the timing of the summit may be complicated by the fact that the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission declared yesterday that it had «convincing evidence of fraud» in Afghanistan's elections and called for a recount in many areas.

The race also was marked by two complaints filed against Coleman with the State Elections Enforcement Commission.

Republicans in the Hudson Valley have sent a complaint to Federal Election Commission alleging Sean Eldridge, a Democrat running against GOP Rep. Chris Gibson, accepted an illegal in - kind donation from a local economic group.

The Moreland Commission on Public Corruption will likely recommend a new entity to investigate election - law complaints, one of its chairmen said in a radio show that aired Sunday.

A recent Moreland Commission hearing revealed that the Board of Elections — whose two Republican and two Democratic commissioners must vote to pursue any alleged violation — has ignored most complaints.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission and Mr. Crabtree resigned from the campaign.

A government ethics watchdog Tuesday filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission after audio from a secretly recorded conversation implied the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee tipped the scales in favor of their preferred candidate, and may have violated campaign finance laws in the process.

That assertion was blasted immediately as bogus by a Republican legislative leader, who said he expects that a complaint will be filed with the State Elections Enforcement Commission alleging that the state's clean - election laws are being violated.

Besides seeking the temporary injunction, Republicans also filed a complaint with the State Elections Enforcement Commission.