18 Mar 2023 8:27 am
A FEDERAL CHARGE, TRUMP WAS NOT GUILTY OF, OBAMA WAS.
In 2013, the FEC did fine then-President Obama’s 2008 campaign $375,000 for failing to report financial paperwork; Politico reported at the time that the fine was among the largest the FEC had ever mandated against a presidential campaign. A source familiar with the violation described it as “a pretty low level thing,” that was “more of a paperwork error,” noting that the error was fairly benign but the fine was large given the amount of money the campaign took in.
In 2013, the FEC did fine then-President Obama’s 2008 campaign $375,000 for failing to report financial paperwork; Politico reported at the time that the fine was among the largest the FEC had ever mandated against a presidential campaign. A source familiar with the violation described it as “a pretty low level thing,” that was “more of a paperwork error,” noting that the error was fairly benign but the fine was large given the amount of money the campaign took in.