Recent Colorado GOP ‘Super PAC’ director pleads guilty

[angka]

Source: Durango Herald

Tyler Harber, 34, pled guilty on Feb. 12 to coordinated federal election contributions and to making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the case. Sentencing is scheduled for June 5. He faces a maximum of sentence of five years in prison for each count.

Harber served as executive director of the Colorado Republican Party’s recently-formed Super PAC, or independent expenditure committee, until the party terminated its contract with Harber shortly after the November election.

“We all sometimes make mistakes and put our faith in folks who perhaps we shouldn’t,” said Ryan Call, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, who appointed Harber...

Colorado Republicans have been working feverishly to establish a first-of-its-kind Super PAC controlled by a state party in Colorado. Watchdogs have been critical of the PAC, concerned that it will open the door to coordination between candidates and an independent expenditure committee. Such PACs are allowed to raise and spend unlimited funds.

Read more: http://durangoherald.com/article/20150217/NEWS01/150219651/Recent-Colorado-GOP-%E2%80%98Super-PAC%E2%80%99-director-pleads-guilty--

[mindwalker_i]

1. Who the FUCK didn't see that coming?

Other than the supreme court, or course.

[tblue37]

2. Oh, they saw it coming, too--they were just assuming that

at least some of the Republican superPacs would manage to cheat without getting caught. And of course they were correct in that assumption.

[mindwalker_i]

4. Yeah I kind of figured it wasn't a bug

It was a feature.

[Not Sure]

3. The good soldier will have a rich reward at the end of his stay in prison

They always do. The risk of prison is just the cost of doing business.