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The contribution to Barry Fertel is just one of what may be a series of illegal campaign contributions by Kettner to Democrats since she was sworn in as a judge on January 1, 2011.

Talk of the Sound has previously documented what may be three illegal campaign contributions by Susan Kettner made after Kettner was sworn in as New Rochelle City Judge on January 1, 2011.

The contribution to Fertel is just one of what may have been a series of illegal campaign contributions by Kettner to Democrats while a judicial candidate and after she was sworn in as a judge on January 1, 2011.

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The complaint also accuses the Tillis campaign and the state GOP of receiving illegal contributions from a super PAC led by John Bolton — now Trump's national security adviser — that also used Cambridge Analytica in pro-Tillis campaign activity.

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.»

Cohen's hand was apparently forced by the watchdog group Common Cause, which last month announced it was filing a complaint arguing that Cohen's $ 130,000 payment could be construed as an illegal 2016 campaign contribution.

The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), passed by Congress in the early 1970s, had made it a federal offense for PACs to accept money from corporations, and Viacom — the corporate owner of Colbert's network — feared that it would face accusations of making illegal in - kind contributions should ColbertPAC become a fully functioning money - raising PAC.

Former Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm's campaign was hit with a FEC complaint that claims the candidate received an illegal in - kind contribution by getting free services from Michael Caputo, Grimm's Buffalo - based communications strategist.

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 nCampaign 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 ncampaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign national.

Jenny Hou is accused of helping Liu's campaign skirt campaign finance laws by allegedly using straw donors to channel illegal contributions far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign coffers.

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.

The week began with the leak of a confidential report by the state's elections enforcer that alleged that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had engaged in an illegal effort to circumvent campaign contribution limits in his 2014 push to bolster the re-election prospects of some sitting state Senate Democrats, who presumably would be more favorable to the democrat mayor's city agenda in Albany.

The Brooklyn group, Time for Change Consulting, is run by Musa Moore, a pal of Norman from his days as party leader before he was jailed for accepting illegal campaign contributions during his Assembly races.

Among those Facebook friends are Westchester County Clerk Tim Idoni, New Rochelle Council Member Jared Rice, New Rochelle Council Member Ivar Hyden, Former Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick, Meredith Adler Hilton (New Rochelle Council Member Barry Fertel's Campaign Treasurer who Kettner asked to return her illegal campaign contribution), Yonkers City Court Judge Ed Gaffney, Former Latimer Senate Campaign Volunteer Suzanne Queener Arena, Former Employee of the City Court of New Rochelle Victoria Kane, Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court Fran Connolly, David McKay Wilson of the Journal News, and Shoreline Publications owned by Howard Sturman and hundreCampaign Treasurer who Kettner asked to return her illegal campaign contribution), Yonkers City Court Judge Ed Gaffney, Former Latimer Senate Campaign Volunteer Suzanne Queener Arena, Former Employee of the City Court of New Rochelle Victoria Kane, Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court Fran Connolly, David McKay Wilson of the Journal News, and Shoreline Publications owned by Howard Sturman and hundrecampaign contribution), Yonkers City Court Judge Ed Gaffney, Former Latimer Senate Campaign Volunteer Suzanne Queener Arena, Former Employee of the City Court of New Rochelle Victoria Kane, Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court Fran Connolly, David McKay Wilson of the Journal News, and Shoreline Publications owned by Howard Sturman and hundreCampaign Volunteer Suzanne Queener Arena, Former Employee of the City Court of New Rochelle Victoria Kane, Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court Fran Connolly, David McKay Wilson of the Journal News, and Shoreline Publications owned by Howard Sturman and hundreds more.

Last week, the Federal Election Commission found Guinta violated campaign finance rules by accepting more than $ 350,000 in illegal campaign contributions, ordering him to pay back the funds along with a $ 15,000 fine.

«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.

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.

Although few were willing to speak on record then, many agreed that the only reason Belo Monte was built was because the PT government needed a big construction project by which the political party could pay back the big construction companies, like Odebrecht, for the huge sums in illegal electoral campaign contributions the firms had provided.

It has filed evidence with the FEC alleging that the super-PAC Make America Number 1 made illegal contributions to Trump's campaign, «engaging in unlawful coordinated spending by using the common vendor Cambridge Analytica».