Category: Federal Election Commission
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Ex-Congressman David Rivera loses ‘last-ditch’ move to avoid $456,000 campaign fine
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
In a severe rebuke of David Rivera, U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke denied the former Miami Republican congressman’s “last-ditch effort” to dodge a $456,000 judgment against him tied to his decade-old federal elections campaign violations. -
As Marco Rubio’s Senate re-election campaign racks up millions, his failed 2016 presidential campaign still owes vendors more than $800,000
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has for years cultivated a reputation as a debt maven. He co-introduced a bill in September to “begin to rein in our mounting debt crisis.” A decade ago, Rubio told President Obama that under his leadership America was becoming a “deadbeat nation.” Rubio, 50, knows a thing or two about debt and deadbeats… -
Conservative Florida pundit awaiting trial for allegedly funneling Russian money to Trump campaign dies
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A longtime conservative political commentator and author under federal indictment for conspiring to illegally funnel Russian money to the Trump campaign in 2016 has died. -
Ex-Congressman used ‘zombie’ campaign cash to fund thousands in luxury travel, meals and other personal expenses
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Just in time for Halloween, “zombie” campaign cash is baaaack. Retired eight-term Florida Congressman Ander Crenshaw has agreed to cough up thousands of dollars to settle civil charges that for up to two years after leaving office he used donated money from his zombie campaign account to pay for luxury hotel stays, meals and other personal expenses. -
Pay-to-play lives in FEC decision not to enforce ban on political contributions by Boca prison contractor The GEO Group
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In a ruling that undermines an 81-year-old anti-corruption law prohibiting pay-to-play political contributions by federal contractors, an impotent Federal Election Commission last week disclosed that it allowed Boca Raton private prison contractor The GEO Group to get away with making hundreds of thousands of dollars of otherwise illegal contributions to Super PACs. -
FEC slaps U.S. Rep. Salazar’s campaign for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in illegal contributions
By Francisco Avarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar’s re-election committee has amassed $147,400 in illegal excessive campaign contributions for her primary, according to a pair of recent warning letters from the Federal Elections Commission.
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