Christine O'Donnell offers settlement in campaign finance lawsuit
Christine O'Donnell has offered to pay $5,000 and have her campaign committee pay another $5,000 after a federal judge found that she had illegally paid personal bills with money from her 2010 U.S. Senate campaign.
The Federal Election Commission, which filed a lawsuit against O'Donnell, is seeking a $25,000 civil penalty, but lawyers for O'Donnell say they will not fight the case in court if the commission settles for the $10,000, court documents say.
A lawyer for the commission said it would consider the settlement, but said O'Donnell's team has not yet provided any formal offer in writing with all the necessary details.
U.S. District Court judge Leonard P. Stark ruled last week that O'Donnell broke campaign finance rules when she used campaign funds to pay rent and utilities at a Greenville townhouse that doubled as her campaign headquarters. O'Donnell had argued that she did not actually live in the townhouse but had listed it as her address to foil would-be harassers.
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