Democrats say Shadegg (R-Ariz.) violated law

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: The Arizona Republic

The Arizona Democratic Party is accusing Republican U.S. Rep. John Shadegg of using his political-action committee to skirt laws that limit the amount of money donors can give a candidate.

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Two Valley businessmen who made the maximum allowable individual donations to Shadegg's campaign in 2007 also wrote additional $5,000 checks to Shadegg's PAC, Leadership for America's Future. Eleven days later, on June 26, the PAC wrote two identical $5,000 checks to Shadegg.

Normally, such a transfer would not be noticed among thousands of dollars in contributions. But in the same reporting period, Shadegg's PAC received no other contributions and paid out only the $10,000.

Democrats accused Shadegg of using the PAC to avoid laws that prohibit donors from giving more than $2,300 to a candidate's re-election campaign in an election cycle.



Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0121shadegg0121.html

[fasttense]

1. Well of course he broke the law.

The bushes have proven that laws don't matter.

[Demeter]

2. After All, He's a GOPper!

That's their platform!

[Winterblues]

3. Hmmm wonder what the Republican controlled FEC or Republican

Judges will say about this... Will we be listening to crickets chirping?

[salin]

4. guess he didn't pay attention to the DeLay case

where skirting donation laws by giving to a PAC and then laundering that same money back (in DeLay's case it was between PACS but the scheme was along the same lines).

Idiot.

[LiberalFighter]

5. Candidates or their proxies should not be allowed to have PACs