No settlement reached in O'Donnell campaign case
Attorneys for the Federal Election Commission and former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell have been unable to reach a deal on how much she and her campaign committee will pay for violating campaign finance law.
Court records filed last week indicate that O'Donnell's attorney withdrew a settlement offer in which she would pay $5,000 and her committee would pay $5,000. The FEC requested a $25,000 penalty.
The new offer has left both sides unable to agree. To resolve the issue, O'Donnell's attorney is requesting a jury trial, but the FEC says a judge, not a jury, should determine the penalties.
U.S. District Court judge Leonard P. Stark ruled last month that O'Donnell broke campaign finance rules when she used campaign funds from the 2010 race 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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