FEC Fines Clinton and DNC For Lying About Trump In 2016

Federal Election Commission fines Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee for lying about the funding of the discredited Russian “dossier”, which was used in a smear effort against Donald Trump just weeks before his shocking 2016 victory.

According to the election agency, Clinton and the DNC broke strict rules regarding the description of expenditures for payments that were funneled through their law firms to Fusion GPS, an opposition research firm, Clinton claimed.

The Clinton campaign and DNC treasurers paid $1,024,407.97 to Perkins Coie, the law firm, for Fusion GPS’s information. However, the party and campaign claimed it was for legal services and not opposition research.

Instead, Trump’s first term was marred by the DNC’s $849.407.97 and Clinton’s $175,000 for Fusion GPS’s opposition research on the dossier.

According to the memo, Clinton campaign and DNC claimed that their payment was for legal advice and services. Fusion GPS was hired by Perkins Coie. The agency claimed that the law was clear and was not violated.

The FEC stated that neither the party nor the campaign admitted to lying, but they will not contest the finding. The FEC stated that the investigation was being conducted solely to settle the matter quickly and avoid additional legal costs.

In a memo to the Coolidge Reagan Foundation the FEC stated that it had fined Clinton’s treasurer $8,000 while the DNC’s treasurer $105,000. This was three years after the FEC filed its complaint.

Secrets received the memo and it will be made public within a month.

Dan Backer, who filed the complaint on behalf of the foundation that focuses on free speech, said Secrets: “This may be the first time Hillary Clinton, one of America’s most corrupt politicians, has been held legally responsible, and I’m proud of having forced the FEC into doing their job.” The Coolidge Reagan Foundation demonstrated that Americans can resist the Clinton machine and other corrupt politicians with their grit and determination.

Clinton has in the past justified her campaign’s expenditure for the information of Marc Elias, her campaign lawyer. Fusion GPS, which compiled and hired Christopher Steele, a former British spy, to dig deeper into Trump’s activities.

Trump attacked the dossier for being full of lies. The FBI called it fake but only after the president had suffered enough damage.

The Republicans continue to press for Clinton’s charges.

With Washington’s Chalmers & Adams, Backer held out hope that further action would be taken against the former first lady. He stated that Hillary Clinton and her cronies had engaged in the largest political fraud in American history, destroying the faith of the nation in the electoral process. It was high time they were held responsible. This is just the beginning, I hope.

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