Sentences with phrase «funneling illegal contributions»

In recent months, public attention has focused on the 44 - year - old House member's campaign donations after a friend and donor was charged with funneling illegal contributions to Grimm's campaign four years ago.

Hou and Pan are accused of using straw donors to funnel illegal contributions that are far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign chest.

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... In 1988, Lowey ousted DioGuardi after a report that Joseph Crabtree, the head of DioGuardi's campaign finance committee, had funneled more than $ 50,000 in illegal contributions to the campaign through his numerous auto dealerships.

Rep. Yvette Clarke will donate $ 2,000 in campaign funds to charity to offset a contribution from Singh, who claims Blasio encouraged him to secretly funnel illegal donations to Clarke's campaign, a spokeswoman said.

One of Liu's top fundraisers, Oliver Pan, has also been indicted for allegedly funneling $ 16,000 in illegal contributions to the once - rising star's campaign.

And don't forget the party's ethically dubious corporate arm, Data & Field Services, which was set up as an «independent» consulting company — but which more likely was a vehicle for funneling massive, under - the - table illegal contributions to its candidates.

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.

At the meeting, the agent said he had funneled $ 6,500 in illegal contributions to Halloran's congressional campaign, by paying off straw donors so that the agent's name wouldn't appear in official documents.

Authorities say Hou used «straw donors» to funnel over-the-limit illegal contributions to the Liu campaign.

But Sugarman did say in her memo that there's evidence that some of the same illegal funneling of campaign contributions could have occurred in western New York, in Senate races in the Rochester and Buffalo areas.

More likely, the company was a vehicle for secretly funneling massive, under - the - table, in - kind illegal contributions to its candidates; only under the pressure of a lawsuit did the WFP last month agree to a measure of reform.

At the meeting, the agent allegedly said he had funneled $ 6,500 in illegal contributions to Halloran's congressional campaign, by paying off straw donors so that the agent's name wouldn't appear in official documents.