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Posts Tagged ‘Very Long Arm of the Law’

SUPREME COURT

Arlen Specter: Campaign Criminal

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

So the FEC investigated Arlen Specter and it turns out he broke every single campaign finance rule. When he ran for re-election in 2004, Specter took a million dollars from people who had already maxed out, failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars from PACs, and missed a reporting deadline before the primary. In his defense though, the rules are complicated and it’s not like the five-term senator has ever run for anything before. MORE »