American Thinker: The Federal Election Commission has imposed almost a million dollars in fines on the super-PAC founded by Jeb! Bush in early 2015 and its Chinese donors of $1.3 million. In other words, “foreign interference in our presidential election.” The move represents a blow to the NeverTrump faction of the GOP, for the super-PAC caught being too globalist is headed by NeverTrump Mike Murphy, and the Bush family has been signaling its opposition to President Trump and comfort with Democrats like Bill Clinton, whom the late George H.W. Bush reportedly looked upon “like a son.”
Mother Jones gleefully reports:
The Federal Election Commission has hit Right to Rise USA, the super-PAC that backed Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential bid, with a record fine for accepting a seven-figure donation from a company owned by Chinese nationals who were in business with Bush’s brother, Neil, according to FEC documents obtained by Mother Jones. It is illegal for foreign nationals to be involved in making donations to political committees.
Neil Bush, who has extensive business dealings in China, solicited the $1.3 million contribution from American Pacific International Capital (APIC), an international investment holding company where Neil is a board member. Although the contribution to Jeb’s super-PAC came from the American arm of APIC, the company’s owners are Chinese, and Neil Bush initially solicited the money from two Chinese nationals — Gordon Tang, the chair of APIC, and Huaidan Chen, a board member. The FEC has fined APIC $550,000 and Right to Rise $390,000.
The rare action from the FEC, which is composed of three Democrat and three Republican members who rarely agree, came as the result of a complaint by The Campaign Legal Center (CLC). The Intercept, funded by eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar and the home of Glenn Greenwald, brought the complaint to light in August 2016, as the presidential campaign was underway: MORE
Right out of the Bill Clinton play book.
Yeb thinks the Chinese are here for love.
What do they do with the money they collect?
…looking at that gauge on the thread thumbnail, I would say you would be more accurate if you had Jeb! tilted a bit more to the left, both literally and figuratively…
I’ve never had any use for any of the Bush clan and that goes double for Tippy Toes
“please clap”
Bush donors await green light to jump ship
‘I need you to throw away money on Jeb — out of loyalty,’ a fundraiser told donors.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/jeb-bush-donors-loyalty-217802
Jeb Bush: “Please Clap”.
Bill Clinton: HAS clap.
Ya gotta put the Chinee twang on it –
“Preeze crap”.
This is what I don’t understand at all (and it could apply to a lot of apparent crimes that pols and gov’t people commit that go unpunished): Why does it take agreement between the two factions, R & D, to pursue a complaint and bring the perp to justice? An FEC-related crime has been committed and it should be treated as such. This is the Administrative State in action. What is the use of paying for this unelected administration if they don’t do anything? Same thing with all these oversight committees. What’s the point of overseeing and finding gov’t crime if they don’t refer anyone over to DoJ? And what is the point of the DoJ if they just let everyone plead out?
Come’on. Everybody knows there’s plenty of foreign money in our elections. Where did obama and hillary get a BILLION dollars? This country is corrupt as hell.
Good thing GHW Bush died before he was caught in that sting of shit parents who bribed the path to ‘success’ for their underachieving little chillruns.
Sounds like they made a profit despite giving the Gov its vig
Like around $500,000.00?
That’s a hugely better profit margin than grocery stores. Which is around 5%.
Well, it’s official; “The Manchurian Candidate.”