Sentences with phrase «in 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.

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.

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.

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.»

... 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.

Not exact matches

A federal jury acquitted him in 2012 of accepting illegal political contributions and deadlocked on five other campaign finance charges, allowing him to retain his law license.

He has an interest in US prison reform because his father, Charles Kushner, served just over a year in federal prison after a conviction in 2005 for illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering.

Apple has paid fines to settle similar charges in other countries, including a $ 60 million fine in France in 2016 for imposing illegal terms on carriers there, such as mandatory contributions to a fund for iPhone advertising.

According to Trevor Potter, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission who also appeared on 60 Minutes, the money may very well constitute «a coordinated, illegal, «in - kind» contribution by Cohen for the purpose of influencing the election.»

Common Cause, the left - leaning watchdog group, strongly believes that the McDougal payment was not a legitimate press function, and has filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against both Trump and American Media Inc. over the payment, calling it «an illegal corporate in - kind contribution to the 2016 Trump campaign.»

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.

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.

More dangerously, the awkward theory of «reimbursement» via retainer fees over time does not solve the problem of an illegal campaign contribution in 2016.

Cohen said he told the Federal Election Commission the same thing after the nonprofit government accountability group Common Cause filed a complaint alleging that the payment was an illegal «in kind» political contribution.

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.»

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

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 campaigIn 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 campaigin 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 campaigin - kind contribution to Trump's presidential campaign.

The payment was made in coordination with the Trump campaign and constituted an illegal and unreported in - kind campaign contribution, according to the two complaints.

At least two complaints to the Federal Election Commission allege that the money was meant to influence the presidential election and therefore amounted to an illegal in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

The government watchdog group Common Cause has argued that the payment was made to influence the 2016 presidential election and therefore it was an illegal in - kind contribution to Mr Trump's campaign that was never publicly disclosed.

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.

As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.»

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.

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.

The state Board of Elections has declined to investigate Onondaga County Republican Chairman Tom Dadey's allegation that Democratic Mayor Stephanie Miner made illegal campaign contributions to local political candidates in the 2011 elections.

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 nationaIn 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 nationain 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.

They objected to «surplus» language in the indictment describing Cor's «sizeable contributions to the governor's reelection campaign,» which were not illegal.

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.

Singh said in testimony last month that, when he told de Blasio he would have to set up illegal campaign contributions, the mayor told him to «do whatever you got to do.»

A former college president and conservative filmmaker has pleaded guilty to one count of making illegal campaign contributions in a federal election.

This paper gathered that based on the arrangement with PAYMANEX, the General Secretary Kwabena Agyei Agyapong and National Chairman Paul Afoko prio to their suspension, launched the NPP membership platform and contribution platform; a situation that generated controversy in the party as loyalists of Akufo - Addo such as Bugri Naabu (the Northern Regional Chairman of the NPP) and Abankwa - Yeboah described the launch as illegal.

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.

«As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers,» Mr. Bharara said in a statement.

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.

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.

'' — $ 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.»

Political contributions are legal (in this case, possibly illegal) bribery.

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.

Lopez succeeded former Assemblyman Clarence Norman as the boss of Brooklyn in 2005, after Mr. Norman was arrested for selling judgeships and receiving illegal campaign contributions.

In March, the Foleys each pleaded guilty to conspiring to make illegal campaign contributions, a misdemeanor.

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.

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.

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Dinesh D'Souza to five years of probation, including eight months in a community confinement center, ordering no jail time for the conservative author and pundit who pleaded guilty to using straw donors to make an illegal campaign contribution.

When will Professor B. H. Obama be held accountable for accepting illegal campaign contributions — in the tens of millions?

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.

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.

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.

The contributions — totaling more than $ 59,000 through July, according to the National Institute for Money in State Politics, a nonpartisan Montana - based watchdog group — are neither illegal nor unusual.