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Obama Campaign Fined Big for Hiding Donors, Keeping Illegal Donations
US News ^ | Jan 7, 2013 | Seth Cline

Posted on 08/21/2018 2:49:50 PM PDT by 11th_VA

Barack Obama's presidential campaign has been fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for violating federal disclosure laws, Politico reports.

An FEC audit of Obama for America's 2008 records found the committee failed to disclose millions of dollars in contributions and dragged its feet in refunding millions more in excess contributions.

The resulting fine, one of the largest ever handed down by the FEC, is the result of a failure to disclose or improperly disclosing thousands of contributions to Obama for America during the then-senator's 2008 presidential run, documents show....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2013; binaryjustice; campaignfinance; election; fec; fines; obama; obamascandals
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To: timestax; All

IT’S OLD NEWS....Dates are on articles/threads for a reason.

It’s over and done with. Wake up, people!


21 posted on 08/21/2018 3:42:55 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

Oh, I don’t know. Duncan Hunter’s legal eagles may find this info of interest.


22 posted on 08/21/2018 3:45:34 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: 11th_VA

Was he fined for all the untraceable “gift cards” his campaign cashed in?


23 posted on 08/21/2018 3:46:50 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: 11th_VA

Two tier justice system in this country.


24 posted on 08/21/2018 3:48:54 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("The MSM is the enemy of the American people"...Democrat Pat Caddell)
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To: 11th_VA

Isn’t it curious/odd that these “fines” NEVER approach the amount of money that was illegally contributed?

I heard, but have not been able to verify, that the Ophonybama campaign got $2 million (my guess is that he got MUCH MORE!) in illegal contributions, yet he only got fined $375k?

LESSEE, $2.0m - $375k = $1.625k to the good!

If they are going to fined, FEC should take all the illegal money and THEN ADD in the fine!

OTOH, when the FEC gets around to fining, it is long after the election, and, besides, it is no skin off Ophonybama’s ass - all the money is donated anyway!


25 posted on 08/21/2018 4:02:39 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Slap on the wrist, insignificant fine — 10 years later!


26 posted on 08/21/2018 4:07:18 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 11th_VA

Millions in. $375k out. Well worth the crimes to these people.


27 posted on 08/21/2018 4:08:28 PM PDT by libertylover (Trump has driven the Democrats and GOPe batshit crazy.)
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To: 9YearLurker

None of it will come out of his pockets. It will come from Democrat Campaign coffers.


28 posted on 08/21/2018 4:18:13 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: Ronin

Does anyone here really think that that’s ALL the illegal donations?

What about all those credit card donations for odd amounts? That seemed to be coming from overseas but that the 0vomit campaign never questioned? Those were in the millions. The ones that if you converted from $ to midEast currency turn out to be nice round numbers?


29 posted on 08/21/2018 4:49:34 PM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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“”Oh, I don’t know. Duncan Hunter’s legal eagles may find this info of interest.””

I just found out about Duncan Hunter - thanks to FR. Don’t see how comparing the two can work as obozo’s campaign took in illegal contributions and supposedly Hunter and his wife SPENT for personal reasons political contributions. I feel awful about the latter...respected him and his dad very much. Hope it’s not true!! Something has to be screwy as he is too smart a person and respected to have gone this route. Isn’t he?


30 posted on 08/21/2018 4:59:42 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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And remember when he said he was so popular he would have the first billion dollar campaign......

His adoring voters were apparently throwing money at him (smirk).

Then late in the campaign he announced he was broke.....he had to borrow money in order to finish the campaign.


31 posted on 08/21/2018 5:27:43 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: All

Nice to know the Halfrican did everything “by the book.” /s.


32 posted on 08/21/2018 5:29:29 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: 11th_VA

I remember when this happened. It infuriates me as much now as it did then.

When it comes to Trump, they’re chasing boogeymen but Obamarx got off pretty much scott free for all his illegal doings, even when he was caught.


33 posted on 08/21/2018 6:04:52 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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Correction:

Hmmm .... Obama’s campaign Failed to disclose millions of dollars ... got a $350,000 fine ...

34 posted on 08/21/2018 6:17:34 PM PDT by HarleyD
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To: generally

All? Don’t be silly, like cockroaches and voter fraud, for every incident you manage to catch you can be sure that there are a 100 that have slipped under the radar.


35 posted on 08/21/2018 7:00:23 PM PDT by Ronin (Blackface or bolt-ons, it's the same fraud. - Norm Lenhart)
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To: 11th_VA

The legal documents. If interested.

https://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/document-obama-2008-campaign-fine-conciliation-agreement-085785


36 posted on 08/22/2018 8:42:14 AM PDT by HollyB
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