Tim Eyman violated campaign finance law, concealed nearly $800,000 in payments, judge rules

Seattle Times ^ | 2/22/2020 | Seattle Times - David Gutman

[RideForever]

Tim Eyman has been in violation of Washington campaign finance laws for at least the last seven years, concealing nearly $800,000 in political contributions, a Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.

[RideForever]

State Sen. Eyman was successful in taking out Washington's taxes on drivers' licenses over the years with a public resolution that resoundingly passed. AG Ferguson has been repeatedly beaten back on his 'climate change' hoax and personal animosity in his court cases against political opponents.

[fireman15]

This is bogus! Here in Washington the one person the leftists hate as much as President Trump is Tim Eyeman. They will do anything to take him out. God bless and protect them both!

[Spok]

Eyman is politically controversial so it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s not. The state attorney general hates him and is a total fascist, and would have no trouble finding a liberal judge who would help persecute/prosecute him.

[AndyJackson]

So it's not about his personal corruption at all but his efforts to attack deep state corruption.

This seems to be a constant refrain in public life today.

[fireman15]

Tim Eyman has been under attack for decades because of his work reducing our tax burden here in Washington State. What the judge has ruled is that contributions made to him by people with the intention of helping to pay for his astronomical legal expenses were making “political contributions”. The state’s tactic to shut him down has been to bankrupt him with fines and legal expenses. My own parents were subjected to the same treatment when the State took property which was their retirement nest egg and by the time you subtracted their legal expenses they got nothing for a lifetime of work and savings.

[DennisR]

Eyman is not a state senator.

[BillT]

Tim has only been a candidate for a few months; not 8 years

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Michael Bloomberg’s $cores of billion$ make a mockery of “campaign finance reform.”

But then, “campaign finance reform” makes a mockery of the freedom of the press . . .