Campaign Manager Pleads Guilty to Coordinated Campaign Contributions and False Statements

First Criminal Prosecution in the United States For Campaign Finance Coordination between Political Committees

Washington, DC—(ENEWSFP)—February 12, 2015. A campaign finance manager and political consultant pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Virginia for coordinating $325,000 in federal election campaign contributions by a political action committee (PAC) to a Congressional campaign committee.  This is the first criminal prosecution in the United States based upon the coordination of campaign contributions between political committees.   

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