Soros Spreads the Wealth
But for some reason, he isn’t spreading his cheeks in prison.
I mentioned how the George Soros-funded group, Americans Coming Together, was hit with a $775,000 fine by the Federal Election Commission – the third largest civil penalty levied in the panel’s history — for gross campaign finance violations.
Yesterday, in little-noticed news, California’s campaign finance panel fined Soros directly for failing to disclose a $350,000 contribution that was funneled through the Drug Policy Action Network to help fund a ballot measure undermining the state’s Three Strikes law for criminals.
The California regulators noted that Soros had been a repeat offender, yet fined him a paltry $8,000!
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Respondent’s violations are stated as follows:
COUNT 1: Respondent George Soros failed to timely disclose a $350,000 late contribution to the Fix Three Strikes Committee in a properly filed late contribution report, by the October 27, 2004 due date, in violation of Sections 84203, subdivision (a) and 84605, subdivision (b) of the Government Code.
COUNT 2: Respondent George Soros failed to timely file a semi-annual campaign statement by the January 31, 2005 due date, for the reporting period January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004, in violation of Section 84200, subdivision (b) and 84605, subdivision (b) of the Government Code.
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Respondent has in the past been an active contributor in California politics, qualifying as a major donor committee and filing major donor campaign statements in 1996, 1999, and 2000. In 2002, respondent failed to timely file a late contribution report, and received a warning letter from the Enforcement Division in January 2003.
“Respondent”—I love it. It’s only one step away from defendant. Which is only one step away from convict.
Never gonna happen, I know. Even if he were convicted of serial campaign finance violations (aka bribery?), President Obama would pardon him before you could say “currency speculator”.