Seattle lawyer accused of breaking campaign finance rules
SEATTLE — The Washington Attorney General’s Office has charged an Everett lawyer with campaign finance violations, saying that from 2012 to 2015 he concealed the source of at least $16,000 in political contributions — including donations to Attorney General Bob Ferguson himself.
Attorney Jared Karstetter formerly represented the King County Corrections Guild and the King County Court Protection Guild. A complaint filed in Thurston County Superior Court this week says he made contributions to political candidates — including King County Councilors Rod Dembowski and Pete von Reichbauer — using his personal credit card, but he was reimbursed by the unions.
The contributions were listed as coming from Karstetter or his wife, Julie, and he did not disclose the true source of the contributions, the complaint said.
“Based on Karstetter’s alleged actions, some candidates unknowingly received contributions from the Corrections Guild, which were over the legal contribution limit,” the Attorney General’s Office said in a news release this week.
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