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In It to Win It

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Mon Jan 30, 2023, 06:11 PM Jan 2023

GOP House candidate faces campaign violation charge

https://news.yahoo.com/congressional-candidate-accused-campaign-violation-192326238.html


RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican candidate for a western North Carolina congressional seat in 2020 has been accused by federal prosecutors of a campaign finance violation, and she's signed a plea agreement, court records say.

Lynda Bennett is charged with willingly and knowingly accepting on her campaign's behalf $25,000 in contributions during 2019 from a relative that were provided in the name of another person, according to a criminal information filed by U.S. Justice Department attorneys on Friday.

Another document filed on Monday by one of the federal attorneys in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia requested a court hearing because Bennett "has signed a plea agreement and statement of offense."

Federal law during the 2019-20 election cycle limited an individual's campaign donation to a federal candidate to $2,800 per election, or $5,600 in total, the criminal information said. The document identifies neither the relative nor the name of the other person who actually made donations.
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Lynda Bennett should serve time behind bars MagickMuffin Jan 2023 #1

MagickMuffin

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1. Lynda Bennett should serve time behind bars
Mon Jan 30, 2023, 06:34 PM
Jan 2023



She knew she was BREAKING THE LAW so should pay the ultimate price along with the relative.

Don’t do the crime if you don’t wanna serve the time.


LOCK THEM UP!


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