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2022 FLASHBACK: FEC fines Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC over Trump-Russia dossier research
CNN ^ | March 30, 2022 | By Marshall Cohen

Posted on 06/09/2024 6:57:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

CNN — Federal election regulators fined Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee earlier this month for not properly disclosing the money they spent on controversial opposition research that led to the infamous Trump-Russia dossier.

The DNC was fined $105,000 and the Clinton campaign was fined $8,000, according to a letter sent by the Federal Election Commission to a conservative group that requested an inquiry.

The FEC concluded that the Clinton campaign and DNC misreported the money that funded the dossier, masking it as “legal services” and “legal and compliance consulting” instead of opposition research.

A lawyer who represented the Clinton campaign in the FEC case didn’t answer CNN’s request for comment. Both entities previously said that they didn’t know the details of Steele’s work in real-time. They’ve also said the Trump campaign’s links to Russia posed a national security risk – which was the same conclusion reached by a bipartisan Senate probe in 2020.

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TOPICS: History; Reference
KEYWORDS: election2016; election2024

1 posted on 06/09/2024 6:57:06 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The DNC was fined $105,000 and the Clinton campaign was fined $8,000

Wow, that's a pretty harsh punishment.

That'll teach 'em not to do that again.

2 posted on 06/09/2024 6:58:44 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But somehow Trump must go to prison for it? I don’t think so.


3 posted on 06/09/2024 7:03:01 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Bon of Babble

Wonder if taxpayers picked up and paid the fines ?


4 posted on 06/09/2024 7:03:43 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

[[The DNC was fined $105,000 and the Clinton campaign was fined $8,000, ]]

At this point it has become clear that the vile corrupt left are laughing all the way to the bank - what a colossal i sult to Americans fining them so little for something that was far far worse than what they want to falsely imprison Trump for!


5 posted on 06/09/2024 7:07:33 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Fined. Pfffft! Mrs. Bill Clinton should be in jail.


6 posted on 06/09/2024 7:23:49 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

effected the election.

remind me again, what’s the reason they’re trying to put Trump in jail over hush money? oh yea, because it might’ve effected the election.

funny how differently such things are treated by fedgov when the person is a democrat.


7 posted on 06/09/2024 7:34:08 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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“funny how differently such things are treated by fedgov when the person is a democrat.”

Since almost all federal employees are good, union democrats, it’s unsurprising they look the other way when it concerns party members.


8 posted on 06/09/2024 7:39:31 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Fine? she should have been thrown into solitary without a trial.


9 posted on 06/09/2024 8:43:29 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Voltaire: To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Didn’t Robert Mueller investigate that and was unable to “prove or disprove” that HRC did anything wrong, or was that someone else??? (DJT)


10 posted on 06/09/2024 8:54:33 AM PDT by MCSETots ( )
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To: bk1000
But somehow Trump must go to prison for it?

Whatever "it" is, it wasn't a planted hoax against the opposition candidate that cost the government $32 million for the Mueller investigation to unravel, nor another $7 million for the Durham report to investigate the roots of the Russia hoax.

-PJ

11 posted on 06/09/2024 9:02:51 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How much taxpayer money was wasted on this Broad, Obama, and Biden crime families? That’s what the fine should be. Throw in all the tax dollars wasted by DOJ and the DNC Congress (Adam Schiff) persecuting President Trump, MAGA Republicans, Parents and Catholics.


12 posted on 06/09/2024 9:07:46 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

LIVE: President Donald J. Trump Holds a Rally in Las Vegas, NV - 6/9/24

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13 posted on 06/09/2024 9:20:32 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
And what Hillary and the DNC did was misclassify what were CLEARLY campaign expenses under any traditional definition of the term. What Trump did was classify as legal expenses what were payments to a lawyer for what were NOT normally considered to be campaign expenses, but which pertained to an allegation of an event that occurred years prior to the election.

If anyone was trying to illegally influence the election, it was the blackmailer, Stormy Daniels, who appeared as a witness for the PROSECUION in our upside-down world.
14 posted on 06/09/2024 10:03:41 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Political Junkie Too
"Whatever "it" is, it wasn't a planted hoax against the opposition candidate that cost the government $32 million for the Mueller investigation to unravel, nor another $7 million for the Durham report to investigate the roots of the Russia hoax."

Excellent point. The Russia Hoax - TRIGGERED BY HILLARY CLINTON'S PHONY STEELE DOSSIER - ended up costing the government millions of dollars. It was not just an ephemeral campaign expense, but directly led to a major disruption of Donald Trump's term in office, causing a major disruption to the Executive Department and costing the government millions of dollars.
15 posted on 06/09/2024 10:12:47 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: libertylover

Bill also, lying under oath is a felony, known as perjury.


16 posted on 06/09/2024 12:31:32 PM PDT by Kenny500c ( )
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