Pro-Jeb Bush Super PAC Fined for Accepting Foreign Donations
Right to Rise, which raised more than $121 million to support the former Florida governor's campaign, was fined $390,000 for soliciting the foreign contributions.
March 12, 2019 at 12:37 PM
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The Federal Election Commission has fined a super PAC that supported Jeb Bush's failed 2016 Republican presidential bid for accepting $1.3 million in illegal donations from Chinese nationals, a violation of long-standing campaign finance law that forbids campaigns from accepting foreign money.
Right to Rise, which raised more than $121 million to support the former Florida governor's campaign, was fined $390,000 for soliciting the foreign contributions. American Pacific International Capital, a California business controlled by a majority Chinese-owned company, was fined $550,000 for giving the donation, records show.
The federal agency hasn't publicly announced the decision, but the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, which filed an FEC complaint that led to the fine, released agency documents on Monday that detailed the specifics.
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