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Democratic PAC shifts cash out of its account as it gets hit with one of the biggest state election board fines ever
Chicago Tribune ^ | November 22, 2023 | Rick Pearson

Posted on 11/26/2023 11:00:32 AM PST by PBRCat

A political committee that helped expand the Democratic majority on the Illinois Supreme Court and was backed by Illinois Senate President Don Harmon emptied its bank account just weeks after being notified it faced one of the largest state election fines ever for failing to timely disclose millions of dollars it spent until after last November’s election.

On Tuesday, the State Board of Elections issued a final order assessing $99,500 in fines against the All for Justice political action committee. The action followed a Tribune story earlier this year detailing the PAC’s reporting deficiencies as it spent more than $7.3 million on independent expenditures supporting Democratic Justices Elizabeth Rochford and Mary Kay O’Brien, both of whom won their campaigns and increased the court’s Democratic majority to 5-2 from a previous 4-3 advantage.

All for Justice was notified Aug. 3 by the state elections board it would be fined for 35 specific violations of failing to timely disclose to the public its spending on behalf of Rochford and O’Brien in the crucial closing months before the November 2022 election.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: courts; democrats; finances; illinois
Democrats play to win always even if they have to cheat or steal.
1 posted on 11/26/2023 11:00:32 AM PST by PBRCat
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To: PBRCat

Elections Board Official: No, we’re not accepting the payment in Yuan. Send us US dollars.


2 posted on 11/26/2023 11:07:34 AM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging.It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: PBRCat

What? In Illinois? Someone is biting the hand that feeds them.


3 posted on 11/26/2023 11:08:19 AM PST by nwrep
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To: nwrep

Drop in the bucket of cheaters’ cash.
What’s another hundred thousand dollars in a $8M campaign? That’s just another routine expense of doing business in Illinois.


4 posted on 11/26/2023 11:38:00 AM PST by oldplayer
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The Democrats do not care about the fines. The two Supreme Court Justices will hold office for ten years at a minimum (barring unforeseen circumstances). It was all about winning at all costs.


5 posted on 11/26/2023 11:54:05 AM PST by PBRCat
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To: PBRCat

Democrat language:

“Justice” = theft


6 posted on 11/26/2023 11:57:34 AM PST by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: PBRCat

Democrats are incapable of doing anything above board.


7 posted on 11/26/2023 12:09:05 PM PST by falcon99 ( )
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To: cgbg

More like, “Justice = Whatever I say it is.”


8 posted on 11/26/2023 1:12:42 PM PST by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: PBRCat

Failing to timely disclose millions of dollars it spent until after last November’s election.

Off shore money must be about to dry up until new loophole is made.


9 posted on 11/26/2023 1:32:18 PM PST by Vaduz (....)
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So, they bought the seats, that was easy!


10 posted on 11/26/2023 2:16:47 PM PST by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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