'' — $ 280,000 — for receiving more than $ 300,000 in
illegal campaign contributions from his parents for his 1994 primary and general election campaigns, and then lying about it.»
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.
Grant Lally, like Achilles, has a fatal weakness: he paid off the government when the Federal Elections Commission fined him $ 280,000 for accepting
illegal campaign contributions from his parents, and then lied about it.
It then appeared that the jury had only reached a unanimous verdict on count three for taking
illegal campaign contributions from Bunny Mellon, Tapper reported.
Not exact matches
And whether the
campaign contributions are coming
from a pharmaceutical company or a prison guard union, he said, keeping marijuana
illegal often boosts donors» bottom lines — and ensures that nonviolent users and suppliers will keep ending up behind bars.
And both women's suits could provide more fodder for federal complaints
from the watchdog group Common Cause that the payoffs were, effectively,
illegal campaign contributions.
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.
In its complaints, the group said a $ 150,000 payment in August 2016
from the parent company of the National Enquirer to Karen McDougal was intended to «buy and bury» the story of her affair with Trump and amounted to an
illegal, in - kind
contribution to Trump's presidential
campaign.
If Cohen made that payment
from his own funds and without Trump's knowledge, it could be considered an
illegal contribution to the Trump
campaign.
Trump is already facing a complaint
from the watchdog group Common Cause, which argues that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's payment of $ 130,000 to Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump may have been an
illegal campaign contribution.
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.
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 n
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 n
campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting
illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance
from a foreign national.
Over the next months, the former speaker of the state Assembly, former leader of the state Senate, the former president of the State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging
from bribery to extortion to fraud to
illegal campaign contributions to rigged bids.
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.
A borough Republican suggested that the Romney
campaign was looking to distance itself
from Grimm, who has been accused of taking
illegal campaign contributions.
The FBI is now investigating claims
from some of Pinto's followers that their
contributions to Grimm's
campaign were
illegal, the Associated Press reported.
NU is on the SEEC's list of state contractors whose executives are banned
from contributing to state election
campaigns, the SEEC said, and a number of the NU executives»
contributions would have been
illegal if sent directly to the party's state account.
But such spending made with the cooperation of a
campaign is
illegal because candidates are barred
from accepting
contributions from corporations under city law.
While subtle, the change reflects the extent to which Liu has managed — at least temporarily — to step out
from the shadow of the arrests of Oliver Pan, a top fundraiser, and Jenny Hou, his
campaign treasurer, on allegations that they helped use straw donors to channel
illegal contributions far above the legal limit into Liu's
campaign.
While it's
illegal to solicit
campaign contributions from Los Angeles city employees, it is perfectly legal for employees to give on their own accord,...