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BainsBane

(53,032 posts)
4. Meanwhile, the FEC has sited the Sanders campaign for $23 million in illegal campaign contributions
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 07:15 AM
Mar 2016

Those aren't questionable. They are violations of the law. http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/12/f-e-c-tells-sanders-campaign-that-some-donors-may-have-given-too-much/?_r=4
http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/988/201602110300034988/201602110300034988.pdf
https://gobling.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/fec-hits-bernie2016-with-campaign-finance-violations/
https://gobling.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/bernie-2016-returns-donations-to-remedy-campaign-finance-issues/

Some of the sources above provide links to the FEC sites where you can see the letters set by the FEC and the response by the Sanders Campaign Treasurer, Susan Jackson. The response to the second round of violations is due to the FEC today. They are, in all likelihood, going to have to refund even more of the illegal donations they accepted.

You can post videos about "questionable" donations to Clinton all day long, and they don't come close to actual documented violations of federal election law by the Sanders campaign.

Wow! paulthompson Mar 2016 #1
INDEED! A must watch for any REAL Democrats. quantumjunkie Mar 2016 #18
+1 quantass Mar 2016 #2
Sleazy! So we are justified when asking #WhichHillary? nc4bo Mar 2016 #3
What doesn't jibe? BainsBane Mar 2016 #5
LMAO! big ta-do about nothing. Your candidate is up to her neck in foul. nc4bo Mar 2016 #7
Their newfound concern for money in politics is interesting, eh? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #19
Meanwhile, the FEC has sited the Sanders campaign for $23 million in illegal campaign contributions BainsBane Mar 2016 #4
Stuff happens........the DNC, Obama and Hillary have had FEC investigations. nc4bo Mar 2016 #6
"Stuff happens" BainsBane Mar 2016 #8
See #7. nc4bo Mar 2016 #9
Her supporters have been using that to smear him for weeks. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #16
Speaking of questionable why are you citing the blog of a homophobic racist? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #14
It isn't just the donors, it is the people the donors serve... speaktruthtopower Mar 2016 #10
+1 quantass Mar 2016 #11
It's deep, and it's been continuous, not an incident or two. Waiting For Everyman Mar 2016 #12
I had never seen that Bill Clinton/Paul Ryan video BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #15
Me either, until someone here posted it last week. Waiting For Everyman Mar 2016 #17
I'm not the least bit shocked that it goes on BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #20
K&R quantumjunkie Mar 2016 #13
More "6 degrees of Hillary Clinton" silliness. DanTex Mar 2016 #21
I'm continually amazed that Clinton supporters show no concern about things like this paulthompson Mar 2016 #22
Why would I care about these vague "links" to whatever. It's a silly game. DanTex Mar 2016 #23
No paulthompson Mar 2016 #24
They are incredibly vague. I give politicians money, and expect nothing personal in return, DanTex Mar 2016 #25
k&r. Thanks for posting. nt antigop Mar 2016 #26
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