FEC Fines Ashcroft's Senate Bid For Breach

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6339-2003Dec16.html

The Federal Election Commission has determined that Attorney General John D. Ashcroft's unsuccessful 2000 Senate reelection campaign violated election laws by accepting $110,000 in illegal contributions from a committee Ashcroft had established to explore running for president.
In documents released yesterday by the FEC, Garrett M. Lott, treasurer for the two Ashcroft committees, the Spirit of America PAC and Ashcroft 2000, agreed to pay a $37,000 fine for at least four violations of federal campaign law. Lott agreed "not to contest" the charges.

Under the law, the Spirit of America PAC was allowed to give the Ashcroft 2000 committee only $5,000 for the primary and $5,000 for the general election, which it did. The commission found that the Spirit of America PAC far exceeded these limits by illegally transferring to the Ashcroft 2000 committee $110,000 derived from the rental of its donors list.

(They also transferred the whole mailing list over. It cost $1.7 Million to develop)

"The Federal Election Commission's action in this case is a farce," said Bonnie Tenneriello, an attorney with the institute (The National Voting Rights Institute). "John Ashcroft's political committees, and possibly John Ashcroft himself, engaged in serious violations of federal campaign finance law during the 2000 election. The FEC's fine is merely a slap on the wrist."

when they break the law--why follow the rules when it really doesn't matter?

what a piece of crap he is...

wanna see asscroft sing?
http://www.cnn.com/video/us/2002/02/25/ashcroft.sings.wbtv.med.html

beware, some material may not be suitable for freedom loving people. :D

please continue here

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