NRA Pays $63K Campaign Finance Fine In Rhode Island
Source: TPM
ERIC LACH – FEBRUARY 21, 2014, 5:35 PM EST
The National Rifle Association has paid off the second largest campaign finance fine in the history of Rhode Island, The Providence Journal reported on Friday.
The pro-gun group paid the $63,000 fine on Jan. 27, a few days after reaching a settlement with the state's Board of Elections. The settlement came in response to a complaint filed last year by a group called The Rhode Island Progressive Democrats, which argued that at least as far back as 2002 the NRA had failed to disclose donors to its state-based political action committee (PAC).
According to the Journal, the state's Board of Elections ultimately found that the NRA's state PAC had violated state law by not creating a separate bank account for funds it had received from the NRA's federal PAC.
The Rhode Island Progressive Democrats told the newspaper it will now look at whether the NRA may have broken similar laws in other states.
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