Category: Government
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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. -
AshBritt’s Perkins pays $125K penalty to FEC; FEC dismissal of case against Rick Scott challenged in court
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Here are two significant developments on stories the Florida Bulldog reported recently… -
No one’s a winner in Miami home eviction ordered during brief lull in pandemic moratorium
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami woman says her landlord took advantage of a brief pause in the national eviction moratorium to force her out of her home illegally. -
Pro-Trump super PAC refunds $500K to AshBritt amid FEC probe of allegedly illegal campaign contribution
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A pro-Trump super PAC has refunded a $500,000 contribution to AshBritt, the Deerfield Beach-based government disaster contractor that a Washington watchdog group says violated the ban on pay-to-play political donations. -
Dysfunctional FEC ends Rick Scott probe, but not before its lawyers found ‘reason to believe’ Scott broke the law and lied
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Sen. Rick Scott’s emailed Week in Review for last week pushed for regime change in Cuba and Venezuela, bashed “Joe Biden’s reckless spending spree’’ and touted a resolution he co-sponsored “honoring the lives lost in the Surfside tragedy.” What Scott neglected to mention was the lashing he received Thursday from the Federal Election Commission’s nonpartisan General Counsel’s Office… -
Rick Scott, the nation’s richest senator, gets millions of dollars richer
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida’s Rick Scott, the nation’s wealthiest senator, just got between $15 million and $75 million richer, according to a financial disclosure report filed with the U.S. Senate last week.
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