For the first time in years, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has a quorum to conduct official business. The development comes after the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed three new commissioners to the FEC earlier this month.
Their confirmations mean the regulatory agency can finally get down to enforcing campaign finance laws. Prominently featured in the growing backlog of complaints is the Russian collusion hoax. The commission offers the most direct path to holding those responsible for promulgating the Trump-Russia witchhunt responsible.
Dan Backer, writing for RealClearPolitics, explains:
What started as the “Steele dossier” has led to an unprecedented decline in Americans’ faith in our government, our electoral system, and our very democracy. That mistrust is so severe that it lingers today.
Which brings us back to the FEC. Responsible for enforcing campaign finance laws, the commissioners must hold accountable those who concealed payments to foreign agents and perpetrated a propaganda campaign with one purpose: ending the Trump presidency. While they ultimately failed, the perpetrators successfully interfered in an American election and unquestionably damaged the integrity of American democracy.
Payments from the Clinton campaign and DNC to Steele were laundered through a law firm, Perkins Coie, and publicly reported for the purpose of “legal services.” Clinton campaign and DNC officials later claimed to have no idea their funds were actually being diverted to fund a foreign intelligence campaign. That claim was eventually debunked by the liberal media, which is hardly on President Trump’s side.
Federal law requires the treasurer of any political committee to approve all disbursements. That apparently did not happen. The law also requires political committees to accurately report the purpose of those expenditures. That didn’t happen either. Steele’s opposition research was clearly not a “legal service.”
Both Republican and Democrat operatives have gone to prison in the past for similarly obfuscating suspect campaign payouts. Whether or not that rule shall be applied here remains unclear. But it undoubtedly should.
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