Posted on 04/21/2023 1:46:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Election Commission has imposed a $53,100 fine on three committees associated with former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s failed bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
The commission said the De Blasio 2020 campaign committee accepted improper contributions from two political action committees de Blasio and others had set up, Fairness PAC and NY Fairness PAC, and failed to disclose the donations in campaign filings.
The FEC action comes in response to a complaint filed in 2019 by the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center alleging that the campaign had “concocted a shell game” to let donors contribute to de Blasio’s presidential run above legal limits by routing money through the two PACs.
The FEC said in an April 19 report closing out the case that the de Blasio campaign committee admitted it accepted $52,851.89 from the NY Fairness PAC for travel and digital services and $123,000 from the Fairness PAC for polling.
The commission said the de Blasio campaign has agreed to pay the fine and amend its FEC filings.
Longtime de Blasio adviser Peter Ragone said in a statement Friday, “There were some accounting errors here and we immediately worked to get it right. We are happy to have it settled.”
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I thought the new law called for 34 counts
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Where has $850m gone? Bill de Blasio’s wife can’t account for staggering amount of taxpayer money that the NY Mayor gave her for mental health project
De Blasio and ‘co-mayor’ wife have wasted $1.8B of taxpayer money
https://nypost.com/2019/02/28/de-blasio-and-co-mayor-wife-have-wasted-1-8b-of-taxpayer-money/
Wonder what they are really covering up? Like Hillary paying 130k fine.
Back then, I found it beyond incredible that Mrs. deBlasio was not at very least, summoned before some televised committee to explain what the hell happened with all that money? The media kept quiet about it. I heard no one on the republican side ever bring it up either.
File under: “Things That Make You Boil, then Simmer”.
So, another Democrat gets fined instead of subpoenaed/raided/prosecuted for campaign violations.
Who’d have seen this coming . . .
Oh, and where the HOLY MOLY is “Tish” James, the Attorney Gin-eral of GnuYak? “ORANGE MAN BAD!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”
What a cesspool.
‘financial errors’ - if Trump did the exact same thing it would be called ‘fraud and embezzlement’ in the headline instead.
Admission well after the fact that anything could be done about it.
Financial Errors = Ripping Off
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