American Mirror:
A Hillary Clinton super PAC accepted two $100,000 donations from a government contractor in violation of federal election law, according to the Federal Election Commission.
The FEC investigated a complaint from The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 filed this spring and found that Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. violated federal election laws with payments to Priorities USA Action, a Clinton affiliated super PAC, “by making prohibited federal contractor contributions,” according to a September 25 FEC letter to the Center.
The FEC also determined that the Clinton super PAC didn’t ask for the money, so case closed.
“On September 20, 2017, the Commission accepted the signed conciliation agreement with Suffolk. On that same date, the Commission found no reason to believe that Priorities USA Action and Greg Speed in his official capacity as treasurer violated (the law) by knowingly soliciting the federal contractor contributions at issue.
“Accordingly, the Commission has closed the file in this matter,” the letter read.
The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 told Courthouse News the FEC leveled a $34,000 fine for making two $100,000 contributions to the Clinton linked super PAC in 2015 – perhaps the first time the government has fined a federal contractor for illegal contributions to a super PAC.
“Hopefully this decision by the FEC deters companies with business before the government from attempting to buy influence in the future,” Democracy 21 attorney Donald Simon said in a prepared statement.
The lawsuit against Priorities USA Action makes it clear the company wasn’t very slick with its donations, but it’s made a lot of money from the government.
Construction firm? Probably also employs a ton of illegals. Nick ’em for that, too.
How about barring them from government contracts for at least 5 years?
Did they confiscate the $200,000 that was part of an illegal donation?
Lock her up! Lock her up!Lock her up! Lock her up!
Aren’t there jail terms for this type of activity no matter how un-slick it was? A jail term will stop this crap, a fine will only make them better at it.
Does Grand Inquisitor Herr Mueller need to allocate one of the dozen Clinton donors he hired to investigate?
Love that pic. ‘There’s Something About Hillary”
Confirmation the FEC is a paper pushing toothless tiger.
A flimsy fine for the illegal contributor and a “case closed” for the pay to play solicitor and recipient.
It’s good to be an “above the law elite”.
If I understand the new rules, it’s time to send in every regulator known to man to bankrupt them.
So let me guess: Nancy Pelosi’s husband’s company is next?