Seattle political consulting firm fined $250,000

[Tripper11]

SEATTLE (AP) - A Seattle political consulting firm has agreed to pay one of the largest election-related fines in state history for trying to conceal the source of last-minute campaign mailings and robo-calls that targeted a Democratic state senator.

The state attorney general's office announced the lawsuit settlement with Moxie Media on Friday.

The firm and its partners, Lisa MacLean and Henry Underhill, will also pay $40,000 in legal fees. If they comply with campaign reporting laws in the future, $140,000 of the penalty would be suspended.


http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-political-consulting-firm-fined-250000--135752888.html

[Spazito]

1. Typical AP, they don't mention it was Repub money involved in the illegal acts committed by...

Moxie Media. AP, instead, seems to leave the impression it was a Dem against Dem thing during the Primary.

Here's another news article that gives more detail, it's from the Bellingham Herald:

"The Attorney General’s Office today (AGO) settled a lawsuit against Moxie Media, its principals Lisa MacLean and Henry Underhill, and two political action committees (PAC) formed by MacLean and Underhill, Conservative PAC and Cut Taxes PAC."

http://blogs.bellinghamherald.com/politics/politics/moxie-media-faces-heavy-fines-for-campaign-funding-missteps/

[yourout]

2. The penalty is not enough...Someone needs to go to jail and then this shit might stop.

[LiberalFighter]

3. They need to include one or two years ban from political campaigns.