Sentences with phrase «pay the campaign finance»

Yesterday Rivera said he could not recall the account, but he did say he fundraised to pay his campaign finance board fines.

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Another study found that viewers of Colbert Report knew more about campaign finance and super PACS than cable news viewers — perhaps because comedy gets people to pay attention to unpleasant but valuable information.

While on the campaign trail in 2015 at the age of 44, the presidential candidate spoke at Liberty University and alluded to his experience of having to finance his education: I, Cruz said, «took over $ 100,000 in school loans, loans I suspect a lot of y» all can relate to, loans that I'll point out I just paid off a few years ago.»

A little - known data company, now embedded within Cruz's campaign and indirectly financed by his primary billionaire benefactor, paid researchers at Cambridge University to gather detailed psychological profiles about the US electorate using a massive pool of mainly unwitting US Facebook users built with an online survey.

In a tweetstorm this morning aimed at containing the fallout from Wednesday night's revelation by Rudy Giuliani that Donald Trump repaid Michael Cohen for hush money Cohen paid to Stormy Daniels, the president attempted to thread the various legal needles involved in trying to explain how this arrangement did not violate campaign finance law.

If that were legal, there would be no point in having campaign finance laws: Candidates could accept giant loans, not report them, and pay them back after the election had ended.

Perkins Coie was paid $ 12.4 million to represent the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 race, according to campaign finance filings, though most of that money probably went to legal compliance.

The firm, which announced later Wednesday that it is declaring bankruptcy and shutting down, also was paid by the Tillis campaign and the state GOP for work in the 2014 elections, according to campaign finance reports.

If that were legal, there would be no point in having campaign finance laws: Candidates could accept giant loans, not report them, and pay them back after the election.

The confidentiality settlement reportedly paid to an adult - film star who said she had an affair with Donald Trump years before he became president may have violated campaign finance laws, a watchdog group alleged Monday.

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.

The allegation of a threat is what ought to interest members Congress even more than the possibility that Trump violated campaign - finance laws when his personal attorney tried to pay off Daniels to keep quiet about the president.

Edwards, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, was found not guilty of campaign finance violations in 2012 after a donor paid $ 1 million to keep knowledge of Edwards's out - of - wedlock child from becoming public the year before his presidential bid.

Most Revd Justin Welby told the Campaign for Fair Finance initiative that some sites were not «genuinely fair», favouring companies paying higher rates of commission.

The only thing that might come back to Trump is whether or not he was aware of the Stormy Daniels pay off, in which case, it's in violation with some rules of campaign finances.

«The money that was sent to me for my Directorate by the Director of Finance was used in a lawful and responsible manner and by the time the campaigns were over my Directorate had paid all of its bills for services rendered and was not owing any media house or anyone else one kobo.

One of the interesting revelations at today's Campaign Finance Board meeting was the fact the board paid an outside consulting group to look into fundraising discrepancies in John Liu's mayoral cCampaign Finance Board meeting was the fact the board paid an outside consulting group to look into fundraising discrepancies in John Liu's mayoral campaigncampaign.

October 4, 1992, AP Joseph J. DioGuardi, who is seeking election to a House seat he lost amid charges of campaign finance irregularities, tried to avoid paying taxes through an investment scheme designed to lose money, according to U.S. Tax Court records... In 1978, DioGuardi was a partner in Daga Financial Co., which bought and sold options and futures on stocks and securities, according to court papers.

An Albany City Court judge ordered former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry Wojtaszek to pay a $ 1,000 fine for violating a state campaign finance law in 2012, after he pleaded guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors working on the case against former State Sen. George Maziarz.

Maziarz, a Niagara County Republican, recently pleaded guilty to his own campaign finance charge and also paid a $ 1,000 fine.

An Albany City Court judge on Friday ordered former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek to pay a $ 1,000 fine for violating a state campaign finance law in 2012.

He also tried to make good on his campaign promise to «Clean Up Albany,» announcing plans to end pay - to - play, force politicians to disclose outside income, publicly finance campaigns and promote independent redistricting.

«We applaud Attorney General Schneiderman's far - reaching proposals for campaign finance reforms, including public matching funds, that are what's needed to finally reduce pay to play politics and corruption in Albany.

Savage was paid $ 425 in July 2009 for campaign literature, $ 974 in September 2009 and $ 1,100 in December 2009 for fund - raising, campaign finance records show.

The committee to reëlect New York City Councilmember Corey Johnson admitted in a filing made with the New York City Campaign Finance Board that it used reëlection funds to pay for his speakership race, an act that, in the past, was described as prohibited.

Campaign finance records show Corley and Savage were paid thousands of dollars by Huntley?

In July, Corley was paid $ 1,000 for consulting, the next month she was paid $ 5,000 for polls and in September she was paid $ 2,400 for «office» and more than $ 37,000 for wages, according to state campaign finance records.

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.

The mayor — now facing multiple investigations of his campaign fund - raising tactics — is using an obscure loophole in campaign finance laws to pay the lawyers defending him.

Enact Public Campaign Financing: In order to free state government from control by wealthy special interests and pay - to - play corruption, election and ethics reform must include full public financing of state elections on the model used by Arizona aFinancing: In order to free state government from control by wealthy special interests and pay - to - play corruption, election and ethics reform must include full public financing of state elections on the model used by Arizona afinancing of state elections on the model used by Arizona and Maine.

If we do not get genuine campaign finance reform this year our only hope is that Bharara will end this pay off that drives living costs up fro NYC tenants.

Mr Ken Ofori - Atta's comments are response to a leaked document from the Prudential Bank demanding that the party pays back a Ȼ 2,290,631.36 million loan it obtained from the bank to finance its 2012 election campaign.

K. Daniel Glover over at National Journal has a great look at political campaigns» use of paid bloggers in this election cycle, using campaign finance records to name names and amounts.

«Pay to play» rules bar bond work for campaign contributors, yet the New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered bond deals to his finance industry donors.

Last January, she was paid more than $ 573 for «office,» 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.

He also supports campaign finance reform to address Albany's pay - to - play culture.

The event was arranged by Howe, who according to campaign finance disclosures paid $ 214.63 to reserve it and secure a spread of coffee and sweets.

He said he would have to check with his treasurer when asked how much the campaign is paying Bacchiochi, which will be reflected on Walker's next campaign finance filing in April.

Saying he won't be a «convenient sacrificial lamb,» state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says he won't opt in to a test system for public campaign finance that applies only to his office, and would use money from the comptroller's unclaimed funds to pay for it.

Hou was paid a total of $ 25,678 for her work on the campaign between June 2011 to January, according to the city Campaign Financcampaign between June 2011 to January, according to the city Campaign FinancCampaign Finance Board.

Teachout has called for a New York City - style campaign finance law that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars and force taxpayers to pay for negative attack ads and mail.

The governor must take the lead in advancing contracting reforms that focus on independent oversight, greater openness, and strict limits on the state's «pay to play» campaign financing system.

The early - bird posting of Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy's campaign - finance report shows the Cuomo administration's number two has used his fund to pay for what is described in the filing as «housing,» with payments going to a company owned by a major Republican contributor.

When you can't pay the rent or put food on the table, campaign finance reform is a rich person's problem.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play culture.

Cuomo, perhaps attempting to win favor with both, explained he would not sign off on a pay hike unless legislators — mostly Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos — agreed to major campaign finance reforms.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito has agreed to pay a $ 7,000 fine to settle charges that she violated the city's campaign finance law by accepting free consulting advice from a lobbyist to land her post in 2013.

DiNapoli has suggested his office should be used as a test - case for public campaign financing at the state level to get out from under the pay - to - play pension fund scandal of his predecessor.

I think we must consider public financing of campaigns because that would pay for itself in a very short timeframe.

Albany, NY — Paterson proposed term limits, public financing of campaigns and other measures to end what he calls the pay to play atmosphere that has infected state government.