Clinton Campaign, DNC Are Paying FEC Fines in an Effort to Bury Story

The lead investigator for the House Intelligence Committee's 2018 probe into the FBI's investigation of alleged Trump-Russia collusion, Kash Patel, said the fact that the Hillary Clinton campaign is paying a penalty to Federal Election Commission is an admittance of guilt.

"So the Hillary Clinton campaign is not contesting it, they're paying the fine. It's basically admitting that they did this and they're out is: 'we just don't want a protracted legal deal, as if the Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC ever shied away from taking something or someone to court," Patel added.

The FEC, which is responsible for overseeing federal elections, including the presidential election, found that the Hillary Clinton campaign broke FEC rules about how donations can be used.

"What we knew when we ran the Russiagate investigation, Chairman Nunes and I, we exposed that the Hillary Clinton campaign paid for the Steele dossier, an opposition research hit job. We had proven that some years ago," said Patel.

Dan Backer, an attorney who lodged the complaint with the election commission against the Clinton campaign and the DNC, told The Epoch Times that it's the first time Clinton "Has actually been held accountable for misconduct," calling the fines "a great step for accountability."

"So they fined them, that's the FEC's job. And the Hillary Clinton campaign could have said: 'We disagree with your finding. We're going to go to court.' What did the Hillary Clinton campaign do? They agreed to the finding of probable cause by the FEC, which means they're basically agreeing that it happened. Like we've always said, 'follow the money.'".

Patel said while the FEC fine is an important step toward holding the Clinton campaign and other key players involved in the Russia disinformation campaign accountable, the true victory, he hopes, will be indictments made by U.S. special counsel John Durham.

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