Sentences with phrase «pay campaign expenses»

But thanks to a gigantic loophole in the law, the Malloy political operation has been raising money for the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee in order to augment the millions in public funds he will get to pay his campaign expenses.

In 1998, Johnson indicted Espada, accusing him of siphoning $ 221,000 in Medicaid money and using it to pay campaign expenses.

Not exact matches

So far, the party has spent more than $ 290,000 to cover the Trump campaign's expenses since September, the first month it paid the Trump Tower rent or Pence's salary.

Before then, both expenses had been paid directly by the Trump campaign.

This settlement should have been considered a campaign expense «because the funds were paid for the purpose of influencing the 2016 presidential general election,» Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance expert at the group, said in a letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.

In your April 13 SCORECARD, you stated that Puma's Back to the Game basketball advertising campaign would feature high school basketball stars and that Puma would pay «the youngsters» expenses to and from commercial shoots.»

I know the law is pretty gray, and candidates are not supposed to use campaign cash to pay for any personal expenses, but that has been very loosely interpreted in the past to cover everything from pool covers to private club memberships.

Campaign funds are supposed to pay other expenses, not compensate the candidate for use of resources.

Hunter has been under federal criminal investigation since last year for using campaign cash to pay for private expenses like private school tuition, video games and oral surgery.

In January, she was paid more than $ 573 for office expenses, a month later she was paid $ 400 for a census kickoff and in November she was paid $ 200 for refreshments and $ 5,000 the next month for consulting services, according to campaign finance records.

In this 6 - month campaign, 3M is offering UK vehicle wrappers, sign makers and sign workshops the chance to enter monthly prize draws and the ultimate, an all - expenses paid trip to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Florida, February 2012.

His biggest expenses over the last four weeks were $ 103,000 for ads (paid to his own production company, Ellicott Advertising, which he started to keep costs down), and $ 73,000 to his campaign manager, Michael Caputo.

If paid expenses are not listed, then the campaign is either being inaccurate about how much money it has in its account, or it's concealing some of its donations.

Within a week, Stockman and his aides used $ 82,000 to pay for expenses like credit card debt and campaign costs, according to Brooks.

Charles Lavine, at a news conference in Mineola on Monday, May 8, 2017, announced legislation that would prohibit elected officials or political candidates under federal indictment from using campaign funds to pay their legal expenses.

Had Greenberg hired Rowland, he said, he would have paid him through the campaign and reported the expenses publicly to the Federal Election Commission.

The Democrat from Jamaica, laughed and shook his head as prosecutors finished up opening remarks in Queens Supreme Court accusing him of siphoning campaign money and grants to fund department - store shopping sprees and pay for other person al expenses.

VFGG was able to pay some of Foley's early political expenses after receiving money from Citizens for Democracy, a 527 group whose chairman is Larry J. Lawrence of Greenwich, the treasurer of Foley's 2010 and 2014 gubernatorial campaigns.

While that money can come out of teachers» paychecks, they must opt into the fund that's used to pay for campaign expenses.

The group is run by Liz Kurantowicz, the former state Republican Party official who managed Voters for Good Government, the independent - expenditure group that ran afoul of the State Elections Enforcement Commission last year by paying Foley's pollster, an expense that the commission says Foley's campaign should have incurred.

In a settlement, Foley agreed to reimburse the group $ 15,504 for the poll, report it as a campaign expense and pay a $ 600 civil penalty.

Trump, whose campaign has just $ 1.3 million cash on hand, paid at least $ 1.1 million to his businesses and family members in May for expenses associated with events and travel costs.

Public officials in New York would be prohibited from spending political campaign funds on personal expenses like clothing and country club dues under the two - way ethics reform deal, but paying for criminal defense attorneys and meals with political cash would still be allowed.

The Trump administration says Sessions was acting as a then - U.S. senator when he talked to Russia's ambassador at an event during last year's RNC in Cleveland, but he paid for convention travel expenses out of his own political funds and he spoke about the Trump campaign at the event.

In explaining the arrangement, Jacobs said she personally paid for orders and later wrote a check to herself from the campaign to reimburse the expense.

Just three days before Mother's Day, a New York congressional candidate won her fight to get permission to use her federal campaign funds to pay for childcare expenses that she racked up for her two children throughout her campaign.

Damon's first story described how three Assembly Democrats — Debbie Smith, David Bobzien, and Lucy Flores — failed to report the expenditure of campaign funds used to pay for rent and living expenses during legislative sessions.

The AG's office says it found ample «improper funding of his political operations» including $ 100,000 in campaign literature, campaign expenses charged to an American Express card, and $ 2,500 monthly «housing allowance» for rent on a Bronx co-op where Espada supposedly resides — all paid for by the charity.

Campaign records show that the Democratic Party paid organizational expenses for four state Senate candidates in 2014 - Kennedy, Dante Bartolomeo, Emily Bjornberg and Rob Michalik.

Prosecutors said Espada and his son also siphoned off Soundview funds to pay for Broadway shows, fancy meals, baseball tickets, concerts and campaign expenses.

In 2010, Cuomo's campaign paid Percoco a total of $ 147,974, including wages, expenses and a $ 90,000 post-election bonus, records show.

They proposed to cut from the deficit - plagued state budget nearly $ 12 million that would have been handed out in grants to pay candidates» campaign expenses under what's formally called the Citizens» Election Program.

The two additional items that Thomas was charged with mentioned above does not include misuse of campaign funds, but two campaign expenses of $ 2,000 to pay for a Chanel purse for his wife and a family trip to Mexico, both paid for by the inaugural committee, are difficult for the public to forgive.

A Hartford Courant investigation revealed that, in 2014, the state Democratic Party paid about $ 280,000 in «organizational expenses» for Ted Kennedy Jr.'s Democratic state Senate campaign.

I use funds from my campaign account rather than using taxpayer dollars to pay for additional expenses because of my personal commitment to providing the highest quality services to my constituents.»

The attorney general noted this effort continues, pointing to the recent indictment of the mayor of Mount Vernor, Richard Thomas, on charges he used campaign cash to pay for personal expenses.

KINGSTON — Assemblyman Kevin Cahill collected personal reimbursements from the state for travel expenses he had paid with money from his campaign account, a possible violation of the law, according to a Times Herald - Record review of state and campaign records.

«They were, of course, supposed to notify me when a state reimbursement check was to cover expenses for something previously paid by the campaign,» he said, «but that didn't happen either.»

In mid-2011 the campaign also paid $ 1,400 in travel expenses, largely to cover Suozzi's costs to attend a conference in Washington, D.C., Florio said.

His lawyer, E. Stewart Jones Jr., said Mr. Scarborough was owed money by his campaign because of political expenses he had paid out of his own pocket.

The raid came one day after Mr. Cuomo filed a broad civil lawsuit against Mr. Espada, a Bronx Democrat, and 19 other current and former Soundview officials, accusing them of «looting» at least $ 14 million from the nonprofit organization to pay for Mr. Espada's personal and campaign expenses.

Mr. Cuomo's civil suit accused Mr. Espada of siphoning Soundview funds — much of it Medicare and Medicaid funding from the state and federal governments — to pay for restaurant meals, legal fees and campaign expenses, including $ 100,000 worth of mailings to voters.

The AP said that Palin writes about receiving a bill for about $ 500,000 from the McCain campaign to pay for expenses relating to the vetting process that took place before she was named as the vice presidential nominee.

The campaign later paid the $ 1,000 expense in a check «out of an abundance of caution,» a campaign spokesman said.

Having taxpayers pay campaigns» expenses was considered preferable to candidates become indebted to big - money contributors, including state contractors, who have special interests in government decisions.

A spokesperson for the RNC declined to comment, but said the committee has already paid unspecified, non-Russia related litigation expenses for the campaign.

Never mind that Heastie is an expense - account hog, has been a no - show at roll calls, has pulled down $ 14,000 in bonus pay for no work, has a paper - thin legislative record, cuts corners on campaign finance disclosure and plays fast and loose with campaign funds.

For example, it is alleged that in the «Friends of Alex Gromack» account for Mr. Gromack's campaign for Town Supervisor there are unitemized expenses for payments to Chase Credit Services where thousands of dollars have been paid to the Apple Store, Bed Bath & Beyond and IKEA!

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, the Democratic nominee for governor, filed a civil suit in April accusing Mr. Espada of steering millions of dollars from his nonprofit health care network to pay for vacations, meals, and housing and campaign expenses.

When State Sen. George D. Maziarz racked up $ 140,000 in unitemized campaign expenses in recent years, the state's Moreland Commission and ultimately federal investigators started paying attention, according to sources close to the investigation.