Posted on 03/03/2019 2:22:19 AM PST by grundle
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) may be in hot water with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) after she paid herself $17,500 in campaign funds following the 2018 midterm elections, according to a report.
Recent FEC filings show that the freshman Democrat lawmaker may have run afoul of campaign finance rules by making payments to herself after she ended her candidacy on Election Day.
According to FEC rules, a general election candidate can take a salary from his or campaign funds until the date of the election.
“If the candidate loses the primary, withdraws from the race, or otherwise ceases to be a candidate, no salary payments may be paid beyond the date he or she is no longer a candidate,” according to FEC rules.
But Tlaib’s FEC filings show that she dipped into her campaign coffers twice after the election, paying herself $2,000 on November 16 and $15,500 on December 1. The payments, which were all made weeks after the 2018 midterms ended, raised the question of whether Tlaib violated FEC statutes.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Get back to me when any Democrat gets in trouble for breaking the law!!
Why y’all always be hatin’ in her???
/s
“A Change.org petition entitled “IMPEACH RASHIDA TLAIB”
To paraphrase Tlaib...I hope they impeach the mother-effer!
Why are they allowed to take a salary at all?
Yep. With her victim status cache she could go full Hillary and even beyond without consequence.
She should have talked to other politicians who magically became millionaires on a government salary such as the Clintons, Pelosi, McConnell, Schumer...
I beg to differ. According to God’s word the Judgment for the wicked on that day will be worse than any human being could possibly conceive. The terror, the suffering, the Everlasting punishment is beyond comprehension. In light of that, we should pray for their salvation. We would not wish the judgment that is waiting Upon Our worst enemies.
She should have been Arrested already for Money Laundering
AOC/Talib 2028
It’s approved in Sharia campaign finance laws...
That would be a dream ticket.......for the GOP.
Just wanted to say thank you Liz for always putting in the time and effort. You make FreeRepublic a better place.
That must be the least amount any of these crooks has ever paid themselves out of their stash of bribes (”campaign funds”) after an election.
Good for her.
“no one should be receiving payments from the campaign fund after election day”
Yes, you would be correct to argue that, except:
1) Assuming “campaign finance laws” are constitutional, they all should be in prison; and
2) These “laws” are not constitutional.
Y/V/W.
And thanks for the informative link. She needs to be kicked out of Congress.
Heh....good comeback.
GOP Relegated to Token Party with Trump Defeat At Hands of Harris/Booker 2024
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AOC/Talib 2028
Are there any actual consequence to this?
Or are we counting on the shame to be more then the politician can bear?
If the violation is mentioned at all it will be catergorized as a racist attempt to get rid of a "woman of color".
You have a point there.
But then the majority of the laws that Congress makes are not constitutional.
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