Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' struggle to become the Democratic front-runner in the 2020 presidential election seemingly hit a major speed bump this week, as the Federal Election Commission issued a document with 69 pages of problematic donations to his campaign.
With an Oct. 2 deadline, Sanders has a little over a month to account for the 69 pages of "Apparent excessive, prohibited, and impermissible contributions."
Sanders' campaign site has a page that lets supporters donate exactly $27 - a throwback to 2016, when Sanders claimed the average donation to his presidential campaign was $27. Should Bernie get his own donations under control before he continues his campaign?
One flagged donor gave the campaign more than two dozen donations in a roughly three-month period, each of them totaling $27. Others named in the document appeared to use the same tactic, with another contributor filling 20 pages of the report with almost exclusively $3 donations.
Dave Levinthal, a federal politics and campaign money expert at the Center for Public Integrity, noted that although the FEC often flags political campaigns for accounting issues, a 69-page request is uncommonly large.
While all of these FEC documents don't accuse Bernie or his campaign of illegal activity, they reveal a potentially deeper problem.
While other campaigns do sometimes receive these FEC notices, the frequency and size of Sanders' missteps might give even die-hard Bernie fans reason to reconsider their loyalties.
https://www.westernjournal.com/fec-demands-bernie-account-whopping-69-pages-questionable-donations/
With an Oct. 2 deadline, Sanders has a little over a month to account for the 69 pages of "Apparent excessive, prohibited, and impermissible contributions."
Sanders' campaign site has a page that lets supporters donate exactly $27 - a throwback to 2016, when Sanders claimed the average donation to his presidential campaign was $27. Should Bernie get his own donations under control before he continues his campaign?
One flagged donor gave the campaign more than two dozen donations in a roughly three-month period, each of them totaling $27. Others named in the document appeared to use the same tactic, with another contributor filling 20 pages of the report with almost exclusively $3 donations.
Dave Levinthal, a federal politics and campaign money expert at the Center for Public Integrity, noted that although the FEC often flags political campaigns for accounting issues, a 69-page request is uncommonly large.
While all of these FEC documents don't accuse Bernie or his campaign of illegal activity, they reveal a potentially deeper problem.
While other campaigns do sometimes receive these FEC notices, the frequency and size of Sanders' missteps might give even die-hard Bernie fans reason to reconsider their loyalties.
https://www.westernjournal.com/fec-demands-bernie-account-whopping-69-pages-questionable-donations/
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