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