Feds flag Bernie Sanders campaign contributions

[riversedge]

Source: burlingtonFreePress




Feds flag Bernie Sanders campaign contributions


Emilie Teresa Stigliani, Free Press Staff Writer 1:09 p.m. EST February 26, 2016




(Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP)

Bernie Sanders received a warning from the Federal Election Commission, citing problems with his campaign's February finance report.

The letter states the report lists amounts of contributions, receipts, expenses and disbursements that "appear to be incorrect."

The letter also cites possible impermissible contributions that exceed the allowed limit per election cycle ($2,700 for individuals) along with donations that come from outside the United States and from unregistered political committees.

The FEC sent the letter Thursday to the campaign asking for more information regarding the report filed Feb. 20. The letter warned: "Failure to adequately respond by the response date noted above could result in an audit or enforcement action."

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Read more: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/26/feds-flag-bernie-sanders-campaign-contributions/80985898/

[boblgumm]

1. But, but, but...

But Adelson and Rubio can sit down and discuss what each is willing to for each other(sounds like price fixing to me) and that's just jake.

[mhatrw]

54. It's the standard questioning that the FEC does for every candidate.

Why is it news? Only because some Clinton supporter at the FEC "leaked" it to every newspaper in the USA.

[TM99]

2. Already reported by the NYT.

Nothing new here. NYT's article said it was not uncommon with campaigns with lots of small contributors. I am sure the Sanders campaign will respond appropriate, and everything will be cleared up.

Is this going to be the new talking point heading into the weekend?

[eggplant]

6. I'm sure the opposition won't miss the opportunity to make hay out of this.

And yes, this is accounting 101. Identify issues and correct them. Nobody expects accounting to be 100% accurate in real time.

[TM99]

12. I miss the good old days where

the vile opposition was the GOP and not the neoliberal Third Way using Brock and company to destroy the only progressive in the race.

[navarth]

30. +a gazillion

[eggplant]

43. which is why I said "opposition" and not "republicans" :(

Although mudslinging has been a proud tradition in politics for centuries.

Thankfully, I have yet to hear of *any* real Bernie supporter who has been swayed by any of it. It does resonate with some Hillary loyalists, but it turns off those on the fence. And independent populists certainly don't buy into the crap.

Personally, I like our chances. When the opposition bothers to take the time to say we don't have a prayer of winning, you know we are a serious threat. Otherwise, they wouldn't waste their time talking about us.

No mud has stuck to Bernie for any length of time, but coming into Super Tuesday, Hillary still has multiple serious issues: email, goldman, warmonger, BLM, the list goes on. She's having a much more difficult time trying to keep her image clean.

Tomorrow (SC) and Tuesday will certainly be interesting!

[msanthrope]

7. Um.....that was last week's flag. This is a new one, released last night. Nt

[malthaussen]

11. I'd expect so.

Implying Mr Sanders's campaign is guilty of violating federal campaign contribution law? That's too juicy a story to just let lie there. It hits him in a tender spot, since his integrity is presented as one of his best points. And campaign money? When he has made such a point of running a clean, honest campaign and not taking dirty money? The stories write themselves, it is providentially-sent propaganda.

-- Mal

[TM99]

13. They have been trying to attack

his integrity and honesty since last summer.

Nothing has stuck thus far, but Brock isn't going to stop now, that's for sure.

[BlueMTexpat]

35. How about one-time contributions

> USD 2700? No excuses there.

This article refers to the most recent campaign monthly report and is different from the FEC report of a couple weeks back. The excessive contributions issue is ongoing and has not yet been corrected.

[TM99]

44. That didn't make sense.

If the one time contributions are $2700.00 then they have met the requirements. As long as they don't donate again, things are hunky dory. However, how were those made? Through ActBlue? What is the responsibility of an intermediary in such an instance? In other words, we still have questions about something that is likely nothing.

[BlueMTexpat]

47. I know that contributions of $2700 are OK, whether

they occur in one-shot or in several small ones.

But what I stated was that there were clearly one-time contributions > $2700. > = "greater than" in all math systems I know about. Perhaps that wasn't clear. ???

One-time contributions in excess of $2700 were indeed made by several donors. Many of the same people continued to make large contributions both before and after their one-time contributions in excess of $2700.

This was the situation in a previous report. It continues to be the situation.

[TM99]

49. OK.

Now I get what you are saying.

I will wait for it to be resolved. I guarantee it is a non-issue that will be easily fixed by the campaign.

[notadmblnd]

3. This is not LBN

This was posted here several times in the past couple of weeks.

[guillaumeb]

5. But it is such a great title!!! And it avoids talking about actual positions.

[msanthrope]

9. This is not last week's flag....it's a new one. Nt

[notadmblnd]

16. Maybe- but it's only being posted to portray Sanders as being as dishonest as Hillary Clinton is.

nt.

[misterhighwasted]

28. Its being posted because it is News.

FEC flagging anyone's campaign money is News.
The public has a right to know regardless as to who it is.

Campaign money coming from outside the US is especially concerning.
Following the money is what the FEC does & there's a good reason why.

[notadmblnd]

31. Yeah, big news it is.

The chair for the FEC is a big HRC supporter. I don't imagine they have anyone monitoring HRC's donations 7/24 like it appears they have for Sanders because I've seen at least two other stories about Sanders and the FEC monitoring his donations the last two weeks. I feel certain that if anything inappropriate has occurred, the money will be returned to the donors.

[saturnsring]

34. yea sure -- nice try though -

[msanthrope]

8. This is not last week's flag....it's a new one. Nt

[bjobotts]

4. How petty and trivial. Acting like a desperate Hillary supporter.

[msanthrope]

10. It's a FEC report. It's news. Nt

[timmymoff]

14. In other news

Lloyd Blankfein did not mention Hillary Clinton as a danger to Wall St. He rewarded her coziness with another check.

[misterhighwasted]

19. lol. change the subject cuz bernies foreign donations are found out?

Ok.
They're all against Citizen's United till they need it.
This is not good for bernie, & it is not something one can hide for long.
I wish him luck on this hefty challenge

[timmymoff]

21. This is normal

This is a non issue. Do you really think she wants to bring campaign donations to the forefront or say "look he did it too!" this is why Clinton's can't win without third party intervention, at least regarding the presidency.

[misterhighwasted]

32. "She?" This has to do with the FEC & Bernie Sanders campaing money.

"She" has nothing to do with it.
This is bernies problem created by bernies campaign staff.
Sorry.

[misterhighwasted]

25. of course its news. And it'll become bigger when the FEC finishes its job.

Hope he's saved some of his campaign cash, cuz he'll be paying back the excess, not to mention the shame of finding out that you put full faith in a candidate who campaigned against big money.

Guess we'll wait patiently for the FEC to release it's final report.
This is no small nor insignificant matter.
A potential scandal or nothing much.
We'll be keeping our eyes on the FEC's final report, certainly.
Thanks for posting.

[misterhighwasted]

15. "Out of the Country"?? whoa..that's how dark money contributions taint our elections

Doesn't this go against the bedrock of bernies campaign?
"Get money influence out of politics..foreign money?"
I know I've heard him speak against this very thing since he began campaigning.

Wow!!
Just goes to show that a politician is still just a politician..

Hope they keep peeling back the pages & opening up the many firewalls set up to prevent the public access to his campaign donor list.
http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/17/1486646/-Why-Is-Sanders-Hiding-His-Donor-Data-Is-Grandpa-Being-Trans-Parent

Meanwhile, Hillary's list is easily accessable through the FEC & open to all.

[timmymoff]

23. expats?

wow someone really is grasping to try and being Bernie down to the slithery ones level.

[misterhighwasted]

36. possibly it is expats. ..OR. We'll know when the FEC completes their report.

I'll be anxiously awaiting the final report.
I'd like to know why HRC's donor list is open & easy access to all on the FEC website, while bernies is hidden behind several difficult firewalls.
That's a serious concern when talking about foreign money.

Its similar to the demand that HRC release private trancripts of speeches made while she was a private citizen. Bernie should open his protected donor list as required by law.
Good to know the FEC is doing what it is required to do.
I will be following this closely.

[passiveporcupine]

24. OMG, the FEC has Bernie listed under his "real" name, not his nick name.

However, finding the data there requires one to navigate to “Bernard Sanders” (typing in Bernie Sanders will yield 0 results), Jebus on a cracker!

So, I went to the FEC, and I found both Hillary and Bernie (Bernard) campaign contributions with the same number of clicks. First go to the campaign finance section...the type in candidate name, then select the campaign in question (they list all their campaigns, not just for this presidential election), and it comes up. The same process for Hillary as Bernie.

Something must be wrong for me to be able to find it so easily.

[arcane1]

41. While Clinton doers fundraisers in Mexico. Really want to go there?

[misterhighwasted]

42. It has nothing to do with what I want. This is between the FEC & Campaign Bernie Sanders.

All I can do is wait for the final report.

[backscatter712]

17. Doesn't look like a big deal.

Have the accountant-types double-check the reports, correct the numbers, refund donations if they turn out to be against FEC rules.

Virtually every non-trivial election campaign has to make corrections to their FEC filings.

It's a paperwork snafu, nothing more.

[MiaCulpa]

20. FYI

Each time Bernie's campaign files a report, because of the sheer volume of small contributions, each report is about 100,000 pages. The warnings on the letter are standard.

[mac56]

22. Grasping at straws.

Ginning up a minor accounting glitch.

Smacks of desperation.

[Fearless]

26. This happens every year and to every campaign

Someone gives too much the candidate gives it back.

[yourpaljoey]

27. A parcel of nonsense with a hogwash chaser

[left-of-center2012]

29. Trying to divert attention from Hillary's emails?

[saturnsring]

33. that's it he's toast - he cant be trusted -

[misterhighwasted]

37. Thanks for stating.. the looming shiny object appearing on the horizon

Why the many difficult fiewalls? No other campaign is doing this.
Hmmm

http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/17/1486646/-Why-Is-Sanders-Hiding-His-Donor-Data-Is-Grandpa-Being-Trans-Parent

[fun n serious]

45. From your article

" The question is, does Sanders know his supporters may be searching for the raw data and if so, why doesn’t he make the information available on his website? Why isn’t he admitting publicly that he has thousands of pages of funding from donors employed at top multinational corporations that outsource to child slaves in China? Does he want to protect his wide-eyed innocent flock from the harsh reality of the truth? Does he know they appear naive and gullible when debating on social media?"

[svpadgham]

38. Too late.

I already voted for Senator Sanders today. Maybe I can make it up to Hillary by voting for Trump in the general election. (Trump's wall.)

[Welington]

39. No wonder he had so much money

It's illegal.

[Impedimentus]

40. Probably Clinton Operatives Making $2,701 Donations to Stir Up Trouble

Exactly what we should expect from BilHillery and ilks dirty tricks squad.

This is nothing, but since the Clinton campaign has nothing they have to magnify every bit of trivia. What else would you expect from the Republican-Lite branch of the Democratic Party.

[Trust Buster]

46. Ah, the sweet smell of hypocrisy.

If the HRC campaign was the campaign being flagged, there would be at least 5 new threads decrying her untrustworthiness.

[LannyDeVaney]

48. Drip, drip, drip ... lots of ethical issues piling up in the Sanders campaign

Won't matter in a week anyway. This race will be o.v.e.r.

[nc4bo]

50. No kidding!! If you think THAT'S bad, you're gonna really love THIS

http://nlpc.org/stories/2016/01/13/fbi-investigating-clinton-foundation-pay-play

Good stuff, hmm?

[riversedge]

53. O-V-E-R

[bunnies]

51. "See?! He's as bad as she is!"

Not by a mile. Or more.

[itsrobert]

52. Those that live in glass houses

shouldn't throw stones.