FEC fines Jesse Jackson, DNC, others $200,000
The Baltimore Sun reports: The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and the Democratic National Committee violated campaign finance law when Jackson used Rainbow/PUSH Coalition funds to travel the country in 2000 drumming up voter registration and staging get-out-the-vote rallies, according to a Federal Election Commission decision released yesterday.
Under an agreement with the FEC, Jackson, two of his organizations, Rainbow/PUSH and the Citizenship Education Fund, and the DNC were levied a $200,000 fine.
In accepting the fine, they also acknowledged violating federal election regulations by engaging in a campaign travel arrangement that saw Jackson's not-for-profit corporations illegally paying for political trips the DNC was supposed to fund. ...
"Due to an administrative delay by the Democratic Party in the payment of these expenses, Rainbow/PUSH was forced to decide between paying for the travel itself or canceling its voter registration efforts," the statement said. "Because of the vital importance of these efforts, Rainbow/PUSH chose to move ahead with the voter registration activities and pay for the travel." -- baltimoresun.com - Jackson, DNC draw campaign finance fine