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Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Democratic voters deserve answers. [View all]misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)1. HERE: (in case the link isn't working)
Accounting Error: Bernie's Growing Troubles with Illegal and Foreign Contributions
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Since October of 2015 to the end of January, the FEC counted a total of 665 potentially illegal foreign donations to the Sanders campaign, and hundreds of donors who have exceeded their contribution limits.
The FEC noted more foreign contributions in just the month of January than in the previous three months combined, and has flagged over 3,500 contributions as over-limit.
Through the end of December alone, the Sanders campaign had collected more than $23 million in donations without sourcing them or certifying that those came from donors whose aggregate total giving is below $200.
For someone so interested about campaign - and even non-campaign - contributions to other candidates, the American people deserve to know where Sanders' money is coming from.
And no, Bernie's signature, dismissive diatribe of "our money comes from people giving $27" is just not cutting it anymore.
This is not Bernie Sanders' first federal campaign. He's been in elected federal office for 25 years.
The most benign of all possible explanations for these questions raised by the FEC on Sanders' campaign finances is an astounding level of incompetence.
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The same technological check would run on everyone, whether the number of donors is 10,000 or 3 million. Failing to implement that check properly or the failing to report it to the FEC properly is utterly incompetent. The failure to collect data on and/or report the data on contributions originating overseas is even more ridiculous.
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Right now, there remains at least $23 million - nearly a quarter of Bernie's total haul as of last reporting - completely unaccounted for.
Right now, there are nearly 700 contributions from people who, for all the FEC knows, could be foreign nationals. And the FEC continues to find new problems with every report.
Because of Bernie Sanders' boasting about how much money he is raising, it is a fact that his campaign has plenty of money to hire a competent accounting and technology team.
It also appears that he has both, given their social media campaigns and the speed with which they announce their fundraising totals by the night, including the precise number of donors and the average contribution down to the penny.
It is a legitimate question, then, to ask why his campaign cannot keep the books in order when it comes to actual official reporting.
It is a fair question to ask whether a candidate presiding over a campaign getting consecutive FEC notices with threats of audits can be entrusted with the United States Treasury.
SNIP
Since October of 2015 to the end of January, the FEC counted a total of 665 potentially illegal foreign donations to the Sanders campaign, and hundreds of donors who have exceeded their contribution limits.
The FEC noted more foreign contributions in just the month of January than in the previous three months combined, and has flagged over 3,500 contributions as over-limit.
Through the end of December alone, the Sanders campaign had collected more than $23 million in donations without sourcing them or certifying that those came from donors whose aggregate total giving is below $200.
For someone so interested about campaign - and even non-campaign - contributions to other candidates, the American people deserve to know where Sanders' money is coming from.
And no, Bernie's signature, dismissive diatribe of "our money comes from people giving $27" is just not cutting it anymore.
This is not Bernie Sanders' first federal campaign. He's been in elected federal office for 25 years.
The most benign of all possible explanations for these questions raised by the FEC on Sanders' campaign finances is an astounding level of incompetence.
SNIP
The same technological check would run on everyone, whether the number of donors is 10,000 or 3 million. Failing to implement that check properly or the failing to report it to the FEC properly is utterly incompetent. The failure to collect data on and/or report the data on contributions originating overseas is even more ridiculous.
SNIP
Right now, there remains at least $23 million - nearly a quarter of Bernie's total haul as of last reporting - completely unaccounted for.
Right now, there are nearly 700 contributions from people who, for all the FEC knows, could be foreign nationals. And the FEC continues to find new problems with every report.
Because of Bernie Sanders' boasting about how much money he is raising, it is a fact that his campaign has plenty of money to hire a competent accounting and technology team.
It also appears that he has both, given their social media campaigns and the speed with which they announce their fundraising totals by the night, including the precise number of donors and the average contribution down to the penny.
It is a legitimate question, then, to ask why his campaign cannot keep the books in order when it comes to actual official reporting.
It is a fair question to ask whether a candidate presiding over a campaign getting consecutive FEC notices with threats of audits can be entrusted with the United States Treasury.
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It's untraceable for a reason. And it's clearly not due to incompetance either.
misterhighwasted
Mar 2016
#4
"665 potentially illegal foreign donations to the Sanders campaign" Interesting
riversedge
Mar 2016
#28
IMHO it might make a more interesting commentary to post it where everyone can discuss it.
Ford_Prefect
Mar 2016
#8
wonder where Jane' Tax Free Charitable Family Trust Acct in the Caribbean
misterhighwasted
Mar 2016
#19