Hillary Clinton ally hits Bernie Sanders with FEC complaints

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2. accepting excessive contributions during consecutive reporting periods

3/29/2016
ADLF FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST BERNIE SANDERS
The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Bernie 2016 and Susan Jackson its Treasurer, in her official capacity, for violating the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and his campaign have violated the Act by accepting excessive contributions during consecutive reporting periods. It is illegal for anybody to contribute—and for any candidate to receive or accept—contributions to a candidate in excess of $2,700 per election. Despite this clear prohibition and prior notifications from the Commission of its violations, Sanders repeatedly accepted contributions that exceeded the Act’s limit.

The complaint is available below and in full with exhibits here. The American Democracy Legal Fund holds candidates for office accountable for possible ethics and/or legal violations. It was established by David Brock and is run by Brad Woodhouse.

COMPLAINT

This complaint is filed under 52 U.S.C. § 30109(a)(1) against Sen. Bernard “Bernie” Sanders (I-VT), Bernie 2016 (the “Committee”), and Susan Jackson, in her official capacity as Treasurer (collectively “Respondents”) for violating the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the “Act”) and Federal Election Commission (the “Commission”) regulations, as described below. Publicly available reports indicate that Sen. Bernie Sanders’s campaign accepted hundreds of contributions that exceeded the Act’s contribution limits.

http://americandemocracy.org/adlf-files-complaint-against-bernie-sanders/