NEW! FEC Tells Bernie 2016 to Account for $10M

[Her Sister]

https://gobling.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/new-fec-tells-bernie-2016-to-account-for-10m/

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) sent a letter to Bernie 2016 telling it to account for a discrepancy of over $10 million in donations. The letter is dated 30 March and cites the July 2015 Quarterly Report submitted by Bernie Sanders’ principal campaign committee.

The $10M occurs during the first months of fundraising (1 April 2015 – 30 June 2015). Susan Jackson, Treasurer of Bernie 2016, must explain the discrepancy by 4 May 2016.

Here is a snippet of the FEC letter:

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The discrepancy appears to coordinate with an earlier post to this blog (See: Bernie Gets $10 Million in Mystery Donations from Washington D.C.) in which over $10M in un-itemized receipts is reported on this Schedule A-P; all are dated 30 June 2015 and marked as originating from Washington, D.C.

The FEC discrepancy noted in the 30 March letter ($10,465,912) matches the Schedule A-P referenced above and in this blog’s February post.

While the figures match, the FEC is concerned about a discrepancy between the amount reported on the committee’s Detailed Summary and its Schedule A-P. The Summary does not include that ten million in donations.

This is the latest in a series of campaign finance issues arising from the Bernie Sanders campaign committee.

[Jitter65]

1. Uh oh...But we know this has to be a smear by the HRC campaign.

[George II]

10. Big government in action again. This is a PEOPLE'S campaign, the rules should be waived.

I wish they would just stop picking on him.

BTW, that's more than 370,000 $27 contributions.

[FloridaBlues]

2. Thanks for posting you don't hear this on msm anywhere

[Her Sister]

3. These amounts should be the same. ???

- Line 17(a)(i) of the Detailed Summary Page of your report discloses a total of
$3,279,505.25 in contributions from individuals. The sum of the entries
itemized on Schedule A-P, however, indicates the total to be $13,745,417.64.
These amounts should be the same. Please amend your report to clarify the
discrepancy. (11 CFR § 104.3(a) and (b))

http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/542/201603300300040542/201603300300040542.pdf

[mcar]

4. Wow

That's a lot of money!

[Her Sister]

5. Bernie Gets $10 Million in Mystery Donations from Washington D.C.

https://gobling.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/bernie-gets-10-million-in-mystery-donations-from-d-c/

February,2016

Paperwork submitted on behalf of Bernie Sanders’ political action committee shows over $10 million in unnamed contributions pouring in from the nation’s capital.

The mystery money appears on a Schedule A-P filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by the Bernie 2016 presidential campaign committee with a receipt date of 30 June 2015. The report shows $10,465,912.39 in “Unitemized” receipts for the Primary election. (Transaction ID VPF7BEDRRH8E, page 9845.)

This report highlights the already problematic donations to Bernie 2016. On 11 February, $23 million was cited by the FEC as in violation of campaign finance regulations.

The federal form states that the $10 million is an aggregate of individual $35 donations, all with the same date and all originating from Washington, D.C. This would require 299,026 separate donors, which equals roughly half the population of the capital.

Under federal campaign finance law, disclosure is required on contributions over $200. Thus, the $35 donations do not appear in violation. However, given the relatively small population of D.C. and the lack of support for Sanders among legislators, the 300K individual contributions do appear highly questionable.

Under campaign finance law, government contractors are also prohibited from making donations to political campaigns.

[Her Sister]

6. woah!

The federal form states that the $10 million is an aggregate of individual $35 donations, all with the same date and all originating from Washington, D.C. This would require 299,026 separate donors, which equals roughly half the population of the capital

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[BlueMTexpat]

12. Smells Rovian to me. eom

[LiberalFighter]

17. Are they intentionally increasing the number of donors to:

1) avoid reporting of names and addresses?
2) use the $27 average per donor as part of their campaign?

[Walk away]

7. Poor old Bernie couldn't run a Ben & Jerry's with Jerry's help!

[SunSeeker]

8. I wouldn't be surprised if the GOP/Rove gave Sanders that money.

They've been running ads for him already.

[Iamaartist]

9. Gee maybe thats why he won Washington ? big question

Wasn't some of his campaign finance issues due by March 31???

[Her Sister]

13. Washington D.C.

[Iamaartist]

14. ok just as I thought .... thank-you

[BlueMTexpat]

11. Sheesh, Bernie should be

investing at least some of his campaign donations in personnel and systems than can keep his finances straight! He's had FEC warnings every month.

Such mismanagement does not bode well for any of us.

But somehow, it will all prove to be Hillary's fault.

[George II]

15. I think they're using Intuit QuickBooks ©

[BlueMTexpat]

16. LOL

Thinking too small or not thinking at all ...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. He is

Where do you think all the people online advocating for him make their money?

[BlueMTexpat]

23. LOL

[Iamaartist]

19. fishy

[Koinos]

20. K&R

[SharonClark]

21. Interesting - keep us posted, please

[geek tragedy]

24. am I the only one reading this as the opposite?

it's says that the line entry is $3.279 Million but that the entries add up to $13.745 million.

It looks more like a case of #berniemath than an example of hanky panky.