Watchdog files complaint accusing Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows of campaign finance crimes

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The complaint draws on Salon's exclusive reporting from last week about the possible violations

ROGER SOLLENBERGER
OCTOBER 31, 2020 2:35AM (UTC)

The government ethics watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint on Friday accusing White House chief of staff Mark Meadows of campaign finance crimes for allegedly spending thousands of dollars in campaign funds on personal expenses, including clubs, gourmet cupcakes, a jeweler in Washington and lodging at the president's hotel.

The complaint, which draws from Salon's exclusive reporting last week, urges the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer any and all appropriate fines and to take further action, "including, but not limited to, referring this case to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution."

In the document, CREW isolates suspicious transactions among nearly $75,000 in campaign expenditures after Meadows announced his retirement from Congress last December, payments which extended well after his official resignation when he joined the White House on March 30.

"One of the clearest rules in campaign finance is you can't spend your campaign's finances on yourself," Noah Bookbinder, director of CREW, said in a statement announcing the complaint. "That is what it looks like happened here, and it must be thoroughly investigated."

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https://www.salon.com/2020/10/30/watchdog-files-complaint-accusing-trumps-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows-of-campaign-finance-crimes/

Original article:

https://www.salon.com/2020/10/21/mark-meadows-fec-filings-raise-questions-of-unlawful-spending-campaign-coordination/

[Adsos Letter]

1. Get 'em!

[RockRaven]

2. Trump has purposely not appointed people to the vacant FEC positions to avoid a quorum...

The FEC literally cannot take any actions so long as those positions are vacant.

After Biden wins, and there is a full panel of commissioners, they've got a multi-year backlog of shit to wade through.

[ooky]

3. It's really bad when you can't pay for your own gourmet cupcakes.

Their larceny knows no bounds.

[Maraya1969]

4. Amazing what crooks they are. And more amazing that they think they

won't get caught!

Maybe in the past they did whatever they wanted to but.............there s going to be a new sheriff in town.

Lock the up!

[abqtommy]

5. I'm sure glad that CREW is on our side! Sic 'em, CREW!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Trump knows the best people