Sentences with phrase «contributions violate the law»

Instead, they felt that the government hadn't proved its case because it presented no evidence of intent, i.e., that Fieger knew that his campaign contributions violated the law.

Not exact matches

«The complaint alleges that I somehow violated campaign finance laws by facilitating an excess, in - kind contribution,» Mr. Cohen said in his statement.

«The complaint alleges that I somehow violated campaign finance laws by facilitating an excess, in - kind contribution,» he said.

«The complaint alleges that I somehow violated campaign finance laws by facilitating an excess, in - kind contribution,» Cohen told The Times.

Had the $ 130,000 payment come from Trump himself, the payment would not violate the law on contribution limits.

The same holds true for violating any kinds of laws regarding campaigns, elections, contributions, and so forth.

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Hiram Monserrate turned himself in to federal authorities in connection with the NYC Council slush fund scandal, a commission of his former legislative colleagues, which rarely takes action against one of its own, found reasonable cause to believe that he violated the Public Officers Law by setting up a legal defense fund and soliciting contributions from from individuals and entities that had business interests in his work as a senator.

In a case that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign national.

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

The feds last week arrested Liu fund - raiser Xing Wu «Oliver» Pan on fraud charges for allegedly using straw donors to hide a $ 16,000 contribution from an undercover agent that violated campaign - finance laws.

State Supreme Court Judge Bernard Malone ruled that though the Soares campaign was not at fault for taking the money, WFP violated the law in making contributions to another party's primary candidate.

The board said that, because the council members were Advance Group clients and NYCLASS was also a client of the group, the contributions were «coordinated» and violated campaign finance law.

Schaffer said the contribution violated state law and returned the checks.

Democrats said it would violate federal election law to let Martins accept a third maximum $ 2,700 contribution for his donors.

But the state Republican party filed a complaint with the SEEC in late 2014, saying the Democratic Party violated the clean - elections statutes by taking advantage of the federally regulated account's ability to accept contractor contributions under federal election laws that are less restrictive than Connecticut's.

«The evidence demonstrates that the de Blasio team coordinated its fundraising activities with and intentionally solicited contributions for these candidates... in order to evade contribution limits and disguise the true names of the contributors, which may violate [two election laws],» she wrote.

In a filing obtained by The Post, GOP chair Ed Cox charged that NYSUT, the state's largest teachers» union, and its campaign arms have exceeded contribution limits to state Senate Democrats and also share staff, which violates the law.

The U.S. Attorney and Manhattan DA are investigating whether the office of New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio knowingly violated campaign contribution laws by funneling donations for some upstate Senate races through county committees, which can accept donations 10 times higher than the limits on an individual Senate candidate.

Authorities are also examining whether fundraising efforts for Democratic state senate candidates violated campaign contribution limit laws by being routed to other committees, which were allowed to rake in huge donations compared to caps on single donors directly to a candidate's campaign.

«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.

But it failed to address or even mention the statute that Ms. Sugarman said had been violated — a section of the law that classifies certain efforts to evade contribution limits as a felony.

«The public servant's acceptance from these persons of a valuable gift that is a contribution of $ 50 or more would presumably violate» the section of law «as a misuse of the public servant's city position,» the board wrote.

They argue in the complaint that Foley violated campaign finance law in three ways: by accepting contributions from a business entity, self - funding his campaign, and illegally coordinating donations to a Super PAC supporting his candidacy.

SYRACUSE, NY — District Attorney William Fitzpatrick's campaign has violated state election law by failing to disclose details of how he personally spent more than $ 20,000 in contributions over the last two years.

He argued the LLC may have been used to «willfully evade campaign contribution limits» by using a «false name,» which would violate election law.

Alternatively, of course, the PAC violated state law by failing to properly report its official expenditures or in - kind contributions, in which case a fine should be forthcoming should the State Election Enforcement Commission take notice of the PAC's election law violation.

The OCPF charged that FESA violated state campaign finance laws by receiving individual contributions and then funneling those funds to

You'll be better for it, more able to make useful contributions, and I suspect that you will no longer argue that the second law can be violated or that the atmosphere can somehow refrigerate or heat the Earth per se.

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?