Looks like the line has been crossed ..hang Em!
Looks like some of the same tactics were used against Hillary. Surprised the Clinton Machine stood for it.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/03/obama-lawyer-crashes-clinton-c.html
In an extraordinarily aggressive bit of pushback, Bob Bauer, general counsel to the Barack Obama campaign, jumped onto a Hillary Clinton campaign phone call with reporters on Tuesday night to dispute the premise of the call.
Barack Obama’ campaign accused a newly formed group of engaging in “runaway illegal” activities to put up ads benefiting Hillary Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign.
Obama lawyer Bob Bauer claimed the American Leadership Project, which plans to run ads supporting Clinton in Ohio and Texas, is “completely” violating Federal Election Commission rules and that its sole purpose is to influence the presidential election.
The group’s officers, employees and donors could face criminal and civil penalties, Bauer insisted in a conference call with reporters.
“This is not a case where there’s shades of gray. This is not a case where there’s room for argument. This is not a case where they will be spared by some .version of Philadelphia lawyering,” Bauer said.
“This is absolutely a cold, calculated move to violate the law for the benefit of the candidate.”
Roger Salazar, a spokesman for the group, bluntly replied, “Is that guy for real?”
February 21, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama
Obama lawyer warns of ‘reckoning’ for Clinton 527 donors and staff
Obama lawyer Bob Bauer reiterated the charges made in a memo yesterday (after the jump) that the new pro-Clinton 527, the American Leadership Project, is breaking the law and warned that donors and aides to the group could face criminal liability — an apparent effort to stop the group before it starts, and to scare off other, similar efforts.
Bauer argued on a conference call with reporters that the group’s “major purpose” is supporting Clinton and that it’s “a very clear runaway case of lawbreaking” because it hasn’t filed papers with the Federal Election Commission or reported the money it spent producing its ad and posting it to YouTube.
“There’s going to be a reckoning here,” he warned. “It’s going to be rough — it’s going to be rough on the officers, it’s going to be rough on the employees, it’s going to be rough on the donors.”
“Whether it’s at the FEC or in a broader criminal inquiry, those donors will be asked questions,” Bauer said.
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