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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. -
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… -
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. -
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Ted Cruz’s Senate campaign refuses to disclose true source of loans
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
While Ted Cruz was barnstorming Florida last week, the treasurer for his 2012 U.S. Senate bid was refusing to answer a routine inquiry by the Federal Elections Commission to determine where the Texas Republican got the money to loan his Senate campaign as much as $1,000,000.
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