Sentences with phrase «against illegal campaign contributions»
«As the jury found, Jia Hou and Oliver Pan stuck a knife into the heart of New York City's campaign finance law by violating the prohibition against illegal campaign contributions, all to corruptly advantage the campaign of a candidate for citywide office,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a press release.
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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.»
Prosecutors failed to get a conviction against Democratic Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina on charges that he received illegal contributions and falsified documents to pay for the silence of his pregnant mistress as he campaigned for president in 2008.
The jury could only agree on count 3 against Edwards, which related to accepting illegal campaign contributions from 101 - year - old supporter Rachel «Bunny» Mellon in 2008.
Guy Molinari, a former Staten Island borough president and congressman, raged against federal judges after Diana Durand, a woman who pleaded guilty to funneling illegal campaign contributions to Mr. Grimm, was sentenced to three months in prison yesterday.
But will this phenomenal streak come to an end in Detroit, where Spence is currently defending Jack Kevorkian lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger against charges that he violated campaign finance laws with illegal contributions to John Edward's 2004 presidential campaign?