July 31, 2015
By Michelle Conlin and Grant Smith
The first report (click here) of Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s Super PAC, made public Friday, reveals for the first time, election lawyers say, just how much the group, Right to Rise, functioned as a kind of shadow campaign for Bush.f
The group shelled out $5.4 million from January through June for all the workaday line items, from travel to catering to political consulting, that have traditionally been paid for by candidates' campaign committees....
From January through June Bush refused to declare himself a candidate for the presidential elections of 2016. Running for office is not an entitlement when fund raising proves to violate election laws. ,
...The Super PAC's filing also reveals the gilded roster of Bush's top donors, a formidable collection of some of the world's most powerful and influential billionaires and GOP grandees, such as Coral Gables resident and private equity king Miguel Fernandez, who, with $3 million, was Bush's top donor....
It is amazing to realize how such violation of election laws are simply disregarded as a necessity to a run for President of the United States of America. There should be no tolerance of such violations. If donors were facing real prison time they would think twice before carrying out their strategies. Today the donors get a slap on the wrist, if that.
Such millionaire donors can afford any punishment that might arise as a result of their unlawful actions. Fines, if carried out at all, are not a strong enough deterrent. When donors break the law there should be a prohibition to any further federal funding for their businesses as well. Corruption should never receive any type of federal funding.
San Franciscans William Oberndorf and Helen Schwab each gave about $1.5 million and 20 other people gave at least $1 million apiece....
By Michelle Conlin and Grant Smith
The first report (click here) of Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s Super PAC, made public Friday, reveals for the first time, election lawyers say, just how much the group, Right to Rise, functioned as a kind of shadow campaign for Bush.f
The group shelled out $5.4 million from January through June for all the workaday line items, from travel to catering to political consulting, that have traditionally been paid for by candidates' campaign committees....
From January through June Bush refused to declare himself a candidate for the presidential elections of 2016. Running for office is not an entitlement when fund raising proves to violate election laws. ,
...The Super PAC's filing also reveals the gilded roster of Bush's top donors, a formidable collection of some of the world's most powerful and influential billionaires and GOP grandees, such as Coral Gables resident and private equity king Miguel Fernandez, who, with $3 million, was Bush's top donor....
It is amazing to realize how such violation of election laws are simply disregarded as a necessity to a run for President of the United States of America. There should be no tolerance of such violations. If donors were facing real prison time they would think twice before carrying out their strategies. Today the donors get a slap on the wrist, if that.
Such millionaire donors can afford any punishment that might arise as a result of their unlawful actions. Fines, if carried out at all, are not a strong enough deterrent. When donors break the law there should be a prohibition to any further federal funding for their businesses as well. Corruption should never receive any type of federal funding.
San Franciscans William Oberndorf and Helen Schwab each gave about $1.5 million and 20 other people gave at least $1 million apiece....
