Category: Politics
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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… -
Ashley Moody, Republican dark money and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office abruptly scrubbed her state website shortly after Jan. 6 to remove mention that she was a director of a conservative dark money group tied to the infamous insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. -
Bush v Gore schemers Stone and McCarty together again on White House pardon list
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Roger Stone and Mary McCarty together again. The White House pardon list didn’t mention their ugly prior association in its list of pardons and commutations. Nor did the White House mention that McCarty is the sister of lobbyist Brian Ballard, one of Trump’s top fundraisers. -
PAC paid $50K to firms defending Gregory Tony in lawsuit seeking his ouster as Broward’s sheriff
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A political committee that has supported Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony, Broward First, paid nearly $50,000 to a pair of high-powered law firms that represent him personally in a civil suit brought by opponents who contend he is a convicted felon, and thus ineligible to serve as sheriff. -
Meet the man at the center of a shadowy multimillion-dollar ‘scam PAC’ network
By Roger Sollenberger
Salon
A super PAC that claims to advocate for wounded veterans raised millions of dollars this year, but spent only $18,000 of it on political activity. The rest of the money was spun off to administrative and marketing services, including to three companies belonging to one person — a former long-shot Democratic congressional candidate, self-published author, certified nutrition-label reader and serial hustler in East Tennessee named Alan Bohms.
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