Photo provided to Alpha News purporting to show Crow attending the Jan. 6 fundraiser where Congressman Pete Stauber spoke.
Posted on 07/10/2024 5:51:08 AM PDT by george76
"If the organizers had not caught my subterfuge, this could have been much worse, and for that, I'm grateful," she said, according to documents from the Campaign Finance Board.
The chair of a local DFL unit has been fined $200 after admitting to using a fake name and incorrect address when attending a Republican fundraiser earlier this year.
The Republican Party of Minnesota previously filed a campaign finance complaint against Barbara Crow, the chair of a local DFL Party unit in St. Louis County, who later admitted to using a false name, mailing address, email address, and phone number when attending a Jan. 6 fundraiser hosted by the local Republican Party.
According to the complaint, Crow used the mailbox address of the Cook County DFL and a phone number that belonged to a Wisconsin artist to sign up for the Republican fundraiser. After donating $100 under the name “Susan Johnson,” Crow attended the event, checked in with event organizers as Susan Johnson, wore a name tag identifying herself as Susan Johnson, and mingled with Republicans at the event.
The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board said in a conciliation agreement dated May 1 that all parties involved agreed Crow violated state law. Specifically, state law provides that anyone who “attempts to circumvent this chapter by redirecting a contribution through, or making a contribution on behalf of, another individual or association is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $3,000.”
However, the board fined Crow just $200, which it said was based on the fact that this was Crow’s first violation of the statute in question, she was remorseful, and “she is unlikely to commit a similar violation in the future.”
According to the agreement, Crow admitted to the allegations but said she was just “buying a ticket to an event” and didn’t think of her actions as a violation of campaign finance law.
“I humbly apologize to the Board for this violation. If the organizers had not caught my subterfuge, this could have been much worse, and for that, I’m grateful,” Crow said, according to the agreement. She told the board she used false information to attend the event because she was concerned about her “personal safety.”
At the time of the incident, Republican Party of Minnesota Deputy Chair Donna Bergstrom described Crow’s actions as “unethical and deceptive” and called on the DFL to remove Crow from her position in the party.
“[House District] 3B Republicans could not be more disappointed in Crow’s illegal and deceptive leadership,” she added.
Crow is still listed as the chair of the St. Louis County DFL in Senate District 3.
“The St. Louis County DFL chose to keep her as the chair. You will see Barbara out door knocking for Mark Munger in HD3B,” House District 3B Republicans said in a social media post Monday. “She was manning the DFL booth at the Proctor fair. Ethics are of no importance to the St Louis County Democrats.”
Russia, Russia, Russia!!!
Maybe it’s just DemoRATS acting as Ruskies??? Hmmmmm??
What is a local DFL unit? Demons Facing Lockup? IDK...
RIGHT!
Democratic Farm and Labor Party
In Minnesota, the Democratic Party is known as the “Democratic Farmers Labor” Party. It’s peculiar to the state.
If she wanted to be a Republican, why didn’t she just do so?
Thanks. I had no clue and could not find out by searching.
The hearts of Godless liars and traitors are very dark. NOTHING they do or do not do is for a good reason...
There at their local office that is
What are the odds that this piece of DFL scum is the only Demonicrat to be doing this?
Great. Now do google and see how many spooks are working there.
So we’ve got you down as a fraud and a known liar Crow. That confused little old lady act is so stupid it perfectly fits your persona. What a lying creepy old lady you are. Typical sneaky democrat..
Crow eating crow.
She feared for her “personal safety” when she was spying behind enemy lines. That’s the stupidest excuse I’ve ever heard. What did she expect? If she was that fearful, then why go?
In wartime, she would have been executed on the spot.
It's not too late.
“Demons Facing Lockup”
LOL...we wish. Nice one.
Also, I don’t know what IDK is.
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