Sentences with phrase «illegal contributions»

He was convicted in 2005 of accepting illegal contributions.

Inside City Hall Reporter:... but specifically, what she is raising is the $ 50,000.00 in illegal contributions from a contributor and that contributor's employees.

But 2014 has gotten off to a rocky start for the sitting congressman, with Grimm getting unwanted headlines after threatening a NY1 reporter (he later apologized) and after Texas friend Diana Durand was arrested by the FBI and accused of making illegal contributions to Grimm's 2010 campaign.

of questionable donations and possible ties to Norman Hsu, a fund - raiser for Hillary Clinton who was convicted on federal charges of funneling illegal contributions to Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.

Murphy has introduced a new bill that would expand penalties for illegal contributions from one year to seven years in jail.

«Hecht's fine, like ethics, will disappear: Texas Supreme Court Justice fined for illegal contributions through legal discount got off easy with $ 29,000 fine that he'll pay with donations.»

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.

Liu's campaign has been floundering since the arrest of the 25 - year - old campaign treasurer in February on allegations that she helped use straw donors to channel illegal contributions far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign coffers.

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.

The probe comes after McClatchy first reported the possible illegal contributions in January and subsequent calls from the liberal advocacy group American Democracy Legal Fund to investigate.

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.

Campaign staff were also videotaped by undercover officers discussing illegal contributions and explaining how straw donors would be invited to campaign events to make it look as if their contributions were legitimate, officials said.

A nonprofit group that Mr. Block ran contributed to the start - up of Mr. Cain's presidential run, serving as a conduit for possibly illegal contributions.

Liu's campaign received a serious blow when Xing Wu Pan, who had helped raise funds for Liu, was arrested in November on charges that he funneled $ 16,000 in illegal contributions into the campaign.

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

Amid an ongoing FBI investigation into state - level political corruption, a powerful lobbyist is accused of directing illegal contributions and unreported gifts to an unidentified group of state politicians.

Singh also said Monday that de Blasio was among the pols — including Mangano — to whom he steered illegal contributions.

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.

A crooked restaurateur testified Tuesday that he had «clear» and «unambiguous conversations» with Bill de Blasio about making illegal contributions to his campaign — and that the mayor ignored repeated...

Council Members Levine and Cumbo were fined $ 8,686 and $ 7,868, respectively last year for accepting illegal contributions from NYCLASS.

... 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.

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.

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.

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.

Cohen's payment to the president's accuser in the weeks leading up to the presidential election could be cast as an illegal contribution but not if he were acting on the president's behest and with his money.

This explanation would, in theory, head off allegations that the $ 130,000 amounted to an illegal contribution to Trump's campaign.

Giuliani insists that it was not a loan to the campaign, which would have amounted to an illegal contribution.

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.

«If Cohen cut a check that amounted to an illegal contribution, he and the President must be held accountable.»

As Noble told us in February (and as he confirmed by phone on Friday afternoon), that means Cohen almost certainly made an illegal contribution of $ 130,000 (which we know was in the form of a loan) to the campaign.

In Buffalo federal court, G. Steven Pigeon will have a preliminary hearing on June 15 to evaluate the government's evidence that he solicited an illegal contribution to the 2014 re-election campaign of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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.

Assistant Schenectady Police Chief Jack Falvo says $ 1,050 in illegal contributions his non-profit foundation made to Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple was an «honest mistake.»

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.

Pigeon, accused of soliciting an illegal contribution to the 2014 re-election campaign of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, did not appear in court but has said publicly that he's the victim of a political witch hunt.

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.

Based on what the commission said in last month's decision, it could consider the Democrats» use of the federal account to be an impermissible «coordinated expenditure» with the state account, or an illegal contribution to the state account that's not allow to accept money fromo state contractors.

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.

Clinton won his district by 11 points, but expect Republicans to double down on the congressman's father's guilty plea for making illegal contributions to his son's campaigns.

The board fined the campaign for multiple transgressions, including: inaccurate or nonexistent disclosure of monies; accepting a myriad of illegal contributions; expenditures «not permissible or election related»; and comingling funds.

A criminal complaint charges Xing Wu Pan with conspiring to funnel illegal contributions.

Dinesh D'Souza, the conservative pundit, author and filmmaker, pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to using straw donors to make an illegal contribution to a Republican Senate candidate from New York in 2012.

A crooked restaurateur testified Tuesday that he had «clear» and «unambiguous conversations» with Bill de Blasio about making illegal contributions to his campaign — and that the mayor ignored repeated warnings that what they were doing wasn't «kosher.»

Harendra Singh, a former Queens restaurateur who threw free fund - raisers for the mayor and raised thousands of dollars for him, said the mayor twice took a look - the - other - way approach when he broached the subject of illegal contributions.

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.

SCHENECTADY - Assistant Schenectady Police Chief Jack Falvo says $ 1,050 in illegal contributions his non-profit foundation made to Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple was an «honest mistake.»

McQueen has nothing to do with either the screen icon or the director or 12 Years A Slave, but instead follows what happens when a crew from Ohio tries to steal $ 30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail cash from President Richard Nixon's secret slush fund in 1972.

Jennifer Fearing is a regular dog walker for Sutter, the governor's corgi, and gun rights groups are saying the free service she provides — on top of giving the lobbyist undue influence — may amount to an illegal contribution.

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».