Story after story are using the word illegal to describe Sanders...

[NCTraveler]

Hundreds if not thousands of Sanders campaign contributions that break election law. This includes major news outlets. Sanders has been warned about it by the FEC for months, it has only gotten worse. It appears to be negligence as they are doing little to nothing to correct their shady practices.

It's clear his campaign has an issue that is about to blow up on them. When does the FEC themselves view the negligence on the part of the Sanders campaign as a criminal matter? Will this be taken on by other investigative bodies? Is that where we are now going?

[griffi94]

1. Uh Oh

Could Bernie be indicted?
Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Massive K & R. Thanks for posting.

[TCJ70]

3. You mean the same story posted here over and over again?

When you get as many small contributions as he has, this kind of stuff will happen.

[NCTraveler]

6. It's not the same story.

Dishonest dismissal is another thing I have noticed. The FEC has sent the Sanders campaign multiple letters over months and you are calling it the same story. It has continually gotten worse.

[morningfog]

4. One candidate's practices are subject to FBI investigation.

And it ain't Bernie.

[NurseJackie]

5. Is "doing something ILLEGAL" the same thing as "committing a CRIME"?

Legally speaking, are they synonymous? (I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know what the answer would be.)

[NCTraveler]

8. That is a part of what I'm asking.

The blatant negligence of Sanders seems to be an important aspect.

[firebrand80]

9. No

"Illegal" = against the law, but not all laws are criminal laws.

For example it's illegal for me to borrow money from a credit card company and not pay it back, but it's not a crime.

[bigtree]

7. I'm inclined to defend his campaign a bit on this

...I remember the Obama campaign had a slew of FEC violations alleged by the agency and I'm thinking those were resolved by fines or other measures. It's serious and important, but it appears to be a daunting task to keep the money gathering within the law.

I do think though that there should be a more critical standard for the candidate who has made campaign finance both his primary attack on his Democratic rival, and a major part of his campaign appeal.

I don't expect his supporters to have enough integrity to confront this in any serious way, but I could be surprised, I suppose.


Obama '08 campaign fined $375,000 by FEC

[NCTraveler]

10. I don't see any action taken by the Sanders campaign...

About an issue first raised months ago.

I would hate to try to control contributions. It has to be difficult. I would also like to think I would have made a minimal effort to deal with it.

[WhiteTara]

11. Bernie did say Jane does their books

and she has been VERY busy with a campaign.

[thesquanderer]

14. not to mention doing their taxes! ;-)

Seriously, though, is she also handling the books for the campaign? This is the first I'd heard of that. I would think they would bring in someone professionally versed in this particular type of finance. I mean, lots of people can do their own taxes, but for handling the scale and type of financial tracking required by a campaign of this magnitude, I would think you'd need professional legal and accounting people who really know their way around this stuff.

[WhiteTara]

17. Sorry. I should have used

the tag. I would hope they have someone who understands campaign finance handling the money. But given the FEC letters, it doesn't seem as though he does.

[thesquanderer]

20. Ah, got it. I can especially miss sarcasm this early in the morning. ;-) (n/t)

[seabeyond]

16. I want to know what the family members are being paid from the $27, and rate he paid in taxes. Nt

[RiverLover]

12. This is just so funny.

The morning meeting must have been centered on pounding this one in today.

Deflect from the massive corruption of the Clintons.

So sure, go for it. Waste your time trying to besmirch one of the most honest & consistent politicians of all time.

[WhiteTara]

18. Hillary's campaign has received multiple letters

from the FEC? I haven't seen those yet. I'll search the web.

[B2G]

13. Projection. nt

[seabeyond]

15. Sanders doesn't have to follow rules or laws. He is special. He has a revolution so he can't be

bothered with silly rules and laws.

[FourScore]

19. Riiight. n/t

[nc4bo]

21. There's only 1 candidate whose situation only needs 1 spark and

KAAA BOOM! The establishment has been doing its best to keep the sprinklers on 24/7, 7 days a week, cheating lying and stealing to keep the powder moist.

NEWS Flash....it is NOT Bernie Sanders who is so god awfully compromised.

[uponit7771]

22. I have no doubt that Sanders knows nothing about this, he is not a details person.