Super PAC Backing Jeb Bush Fined $390,000 For Illegal Contribution From Chinese Firm
Watchdog organization warns that unlawful foreign money in the American election process is often hidden.
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By Mary Papenfuss
The super PAC that backed Jeb Bush’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has been hit with a $390,000 fine by the Federal Election Commission for accepting a $1.3 million illegal foreign contribution from a Chinese company. The FEC fined the company $550,000.
The combined fines are the largest ever imposed for campaign contributions by foreign nationals, according to the Campaign Legal Center, a watchdog group that filed the complaint that triggered the FEC investigation.
The action is a “rare and remarkable step by the FEC, and a reminder that safeguarding our elections against foreign interference is in America’s vital national security interests,” said the Campaign Legal Center president, Trevor Potter, a former Republican chairman of the FEC. “This illegal $1.3 million contribution is unmistakable proof that Citizens United opened the floodgates” to hidden foreign money in U.S. campaigns, and it is “surely the tip of the iceberg,” he warned in a statement.
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