Ethics watchdog files complaint against Sen. Martinez

[RiverStone]

Source: The Raw Story - 5/11/07


A government watchdog group has called on the Federal Election Commission to fine Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., nearly $800,000 because the group says Martinez failed to collect required information about nearly half the contributors to his 2004 campaign and took hundreds of thousands of dollars in excessive contributions.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a liberal advocacy group, highlighted an FEC audit of Martinez's campaign released last month that found he failed to disclose the occupation of 46 percent of his contributors. Martinez also failed to provide any information related to $320,000 worth of contributions. CREW filed a formal complaint with the FEC based on these and other alleged fundraising transgressiions.

“The violations committed by Martinez for Senate are unprecedented in both size and scope.” CREW'S Executive Director Melanie Sloan said in a news release. “Basically, Mel Martinez broke the law in order to win an election.”

Calls to Martinez's senate and campaign office, as well as to the Republican National Committee, of which he is chairman, were not immediately returned today.



Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Ethics_watchdog_files_complaint_against_Sen._0511.html

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more here:

http://citizensforethics.org/node/28290

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. But-but--he's a Republican!

They can do whatever they want, can't they? :sarcasm:

[panader0]

2. Drug money maybe????

[rodeodance]

3. good, hit him in the pocketbook