The FEC Asks Bernie Sanders About 69 Pages Of Prohibited or Impermissible Campaign Contributions

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17. Obama 2008 campaign fined $375,000 by Federal Election Commission for campaign reporting violations

President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign was fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for campaign reporting violations — one of the largest fees ever levied against a presidential campaign, POLITICO has learned.

The fine — laid out in detail in FEC documents that have yet to be made public — arose from an audit of the campaign, which was published in April. POLITICO obtained a copy of the conciliation agreement detailing the fine, which was sent to Sean Cairncross, the chief lawyer for the Republican National Committee, one of the groups that filed complaints about the campaign’s FEC reporting from 2008.

“$375,000 is a huge fine,” said Republican election lawyer Jason Torchinsky. “It may one of their top five- or 10-largest fines.”
But he added, “They’re also the first billion-dollar presidential campaign. Proportionally, it’s not out of line.”
FEC officials declined to comment on the fee or the existence of the agreement. But for context, failed Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole set a record for FEC fines on his 1996 campaign when he paid $100,000 two years later.

“At the time, the 2008 campaign was record breaking, with over 3 million grass-roots donors,” Obama campaign spokewoman Katie Hogan said. “The very few outstanding questions about the $750 million that was raised have now all been resolved.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/obama-2008-campaign-fined-375000-085784

So, even the best and most honest campaigns can make mistakes when there are millions of grass root donors, eh?

So why would anyone try to start a circular firing squad against a candidate for the Democratic 2020 nomination? Articles like this OP only serve to help Trump.