New filing suggests Mark Meadows under investigation for campaign finance violations

[DonViejo]

Former Trump chief in jeopardy: Watchdog group filed complaint against Meadows in October, based on Salon's report

By ROGER SOLLENBERGER

FEBRUARY 3, 2021 10:55AM (UTC)

A year-end federal filing from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows shows legal expenses that experts say indicate it is "highly likely" the North Carolina Republican is under scrutiny for campaign finance violations.

In October, the nonprofit government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) requesting an investigation into Meadows, based on a Salon report that detailed a series of apparent violations of the prohibition on using campaign funds for personal expenses. Those payments covered gourmet cupcakes, grocery store purchases, a cell phone bill, posh meals and lodging at Donald Trump's Washington hotel, according to filings with the FEC. Meadows' campaign also spent thousands of dollars on "printed materials" at an upscale Washington-area custom jeweler on the day he left Congress for the White House. (The jewelry retailer has said it sells nothing that could be categorized that way.)

The year-end report filed over the weekend by Meadows' leadership PAC, Freedom First — itself an extension of the onetime North Carolina congressman's former campaign operation — shows only three expenses in the last month of the year, one of them an anomalous $6,339 payment to the law firm Foley & Lardner, designated for "PAC legal services."

The only two other expenses listed in the filing went to Costco and Walmart, both for around $250 on Dec. 7, designated as "food/beverage for PAC reception honoring Secret Service members." According to FEC filings, no other federal political committee of any kind has ever designated an expense for the Secret Service. Before leaving office, Trump reportedly issued an unprecedented directive that Meadows receive Secret Service protection for an additional six months.

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https://www.salon.com/2021/02/03/new-filing-suggests-mark-meadows-under-investigation-for-campaign-finance-violations/

[Vinca]

1. Check the wife's jewelry box.

[mtngirl47]

2. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!

[Blue Owl]

3. There's a bright orange glaze on the meadow...

[CentralMass]

4. Good.

[tanyev]

5. Did Mark buy himself an expensive watch and get a message engraved on it?

Most Tremendous Chief of Staff ever. Love, Donald.”

[UTUSN]

6. K&R

[crickets]

7. Who is surprised -- anyone? Anyone at all? No. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. No not a Republican