Sanders fined for accepting foreign donations in 2016 election, 2/28/2018 article

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https://vtdigger.org/2018/02/28/sanders-fined-accepting-foreign-donations-2016-election/

Sanders fined for accepting foreign donations in 2016 election

By Elizabeth Hewitt
Feb 28 2018 28

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign will pay $14,500 as part of an agreement with the Federal Election Commission over allegations that the campaign wrongfully accepted in-kind donations from an Australian political party.

The complaint centered on a group of seven Australians who volunteered for the Vermont independent’s 2016 presidential bid.

The Australian Labor Party paid a total of $24,422 for the volunteers’ flights and stipends, according to the FEC document, provided by the Sanders campaign.

The Sanders campaign did not believe at the time that the money the individuals received from the Australian party would disqualify them from volunteering, according to the campaign.

However, the FEC determined that the money the party paid for the volunteers’ flights and stipend constituted an in-kind donation prohibited by federal campaign regulations and a 1971 law.

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A terrible mistake I am sure, glad this is being made right before Bernie’s upcoming run in 2020

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On Edit have learned this was posted yesterday. Considered deleting but decided best thing to do was provide a link to the other thread.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210306594

[nycbos]

1. As someone said yesterday...

... will he blame Hillary for this too.

[Fullduplexxx]

3. I said it and i was voted off the island so to speak

[nycbos]

4. Ah. I guess witty sarcasm offends people.

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[Fullduplexxx]

5. I guess he's still off limits even when he says something ridiculous

And he said it recently so it wasnt even about rehashing the election but .....

[Jim Lane]

7. True. I deployed witty sarcasm at the expense of the Bernie-bashers.

Some voters were evidently offended by my post.

[Motley13]

2. it wasn't Russia

[R B Garr]

6. Thanks for posting this. He needs more transparency

before even being close to anything 2020, but it looks like he is no hurry for that. Let’s see the taxes.

This is a great illustration of hypocrisy. When you accuse others, you should have clean hands yourself.