Conservative shift in courts weakens FEC, makes it easier for politicians, fat cats to corrupt elections



Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera at the James Lawrence King Criminal Justice Building in Miami on Dec. 20, 2022. Photo: America TeVe

By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org

For 13 years, the Federal Election Commission chased ex-Congressman David Rivera to the brink of trial for allegedly violating federal campaign finance law only to have its case fall quietly apart.

On Monday, FEC muckety-mucks raised a white flag and sent a letter to Rivera’s lawyer notifying the Miami Republican that the independent agency had closed its long-running enforcement case against him “and this matter is now public.” Trial was set to begin June 16 in Miami.




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