Category: Federal Election Commission
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Campaign transparency takes a beating as FEC lets Lennar Corp.’s Stuart Miller walk despite making $125,000 in illegal contributions
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami billionaire and philanthropist Stuart Miller, longtime boss of Lennar Corp., one of the nation’s largest home builders, just got lucky big time. -
FEC finds U.S. Rep. Salazar’s ex- campaign treasurer ‘reckless,’ caused $2.1 million in errors and violations
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nancy Marks did an unbelievable job raising funds while serving as treasurer of three political committees for Miami Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar during her 2022 re-election campaign. Truly unbelievable. -
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Appeals court’s ruling in favor of ex-U.S. Rep. David Rivera may be fatal to FEC’s mission
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When a federal appeals court threw out the Federal Election Commission’s $456,000 judgment against former Republican Miami congressman David Rivera last week, it may also have inflicted a mortal blow to the FEC. -
New records show Republicans blocked FEC probe into claims FPL used conduits to hide its illegal contributions
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The spirit of the Watergate scandal investigation was invoked after Republicans blocked a probe into claims that Florida Power & Light used a network of conduit corporations to hide $1.27 million in possibly illegal contributions to federal and state political committees. -
FEC deadlocks on allegations that FPL broke the law by using Matrix conduits to hide political contributions to ‘ghost candidates’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
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What’s politically ‘celibate’ UF president Ben Sasse gonna do with his $2.67 million in campaign cash?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When conservative Nebraska Republican U.S. Senator Ben Sasse won his extremely lucrative job as University of Florida president in November 2022, he promised to practice “political celibacy” and avoid partisan politics.
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