Fined group tied to Hillary

The Washington Times ^ | Septembe 27, 2007 | Jim McElhatton

[libstripper]

Officials of a defunct pro-Democratic group that was hit with a near-record campaign-finance fine last month hold strong ties to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, documents show.

At least four persons who worked for the America Coming Together (ACT) fundraising group, which the Federal Election Commission recently fined $775,000, work directly for the Clinton campaign or hold top positions with consulting firms hired by it.

In addition, the group's former president, longtime Clinton aide Harold Ickes, has been identified as a volunteer adviser to the Clinton campaign. In FEC filings, the campaign listed a debt to Mr. Ickes of more than $2,000 for travel-related costs.

[libstripper]

One more stench comes out of the Clinton closet.

[johnny7]

Odd... according to the DBM, she’s running a tightly-controlled, flawless campaign.

[sirchtruth]

I don't care if Hillaries caught taking a bag of cash in her own hand the DBM/dems will say and do no reporting or investigating about it, no matter how hard people scream for discovery.

Hsu's going to jail, and Hillary will be nominated as the communist DBM/dem front runner.

[Slapshot68]

And guaranteed not one mention of it on the nightly news.

[Sig Sauer P220]

I’m shocked! Shocked I tell you.

[Brilliant]

It sounds identical to Tom DeLay’s situation. Hillary was the guy behind this group, and the group repeatedly violated the law. Time to bring indictments against Hillary for these actions.

[oust the louse]

Laurence Gold, ACT's attorney, said the FEC's fine marked "the conclusion of three years of politically motivated charges by the Republican Party and ill-conceived allegations by self-styled campaign 'reform' groups."

Let's see,you were found guilty and fined but it's not your fault. It's the Republicans fault....typical liberal who can't take responsibility for thier actions!

[randita]

Unfortunately, people yawn at campaign finance abuses. Democrats and the DBM have succeeded in convincing a majority that “everybody does it”.

[Congressman Billybob]

I agree with you that neither this, nor anything else about corruption, will prevent Hillary! from being the nominee of the Democrat Party. It may be enough, however, to keep her from clawing her way back into the White House.

Congressman Billybob

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[Suzy Quzy]

WHY is JUST the FEC involved??? Where’s the FBI????? WHere’s the JUSTICE DEPARTMENT???? This is VOTE FRAUD!!!!

[MotleyGirl70]

Laurence Gold, ACT's attorney, said the FEC's fine marked "the conclusion of three years of politically motivated charges by the Republican Party and ill-conceived allegations by self-styled campaign 'reform' groups."

Blah, blah, blah. Same old song and dance that the charges are a result of a right wing conspiracy. Democrats have no shame at all.

In his e-mail, Mr. Gold also said of the fine, "this resolution should not distract from ACT's remarkable accomplishments. Founded in July 2003, it swiftly struck such a chord that it was able to undertake the single largest general public voter mobilization campaign in American history independently of any political party or candidate campaign."

Riiiiight.

[sirchtruth]

It may be enough, however, to keep her from clawing her way back into the
White House.

It may be enough, but surely not if Repubs do not shed light on it continually
because we know no one else is going too.

Thanks for your work Doug keeping us informed about the PP case. Btw,
excellent questions you've fax to the Senator with high "dislikable" ratings.

[Spiff]

Combined with the Hsu scandal, this would have ended any Republican’s campaign. But, as usual, the Dems get a pass.