The Federal Election Commission filed suit Monday against former Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell for allegedly using campaign funds for personal purposes.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for Delaware, claims that O'Donnell and then-campaign treasurer Matthew Moran illegally used $20,000 in funds raised for her 2010 Senate campaign to pay for her personal rent and utility bills during and after the election. The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington originally filed a complaint with the FEC containing those allegations in September 2010.
From 2010 through 2011, the complaint alleges, O'Donnell and Moran spent at least $20,000 on rent and utilities at O'Donnell's townhouse in Greenville, Delaware, which doubled as her campaign headquarters. Federal campaign finance laws forbid the use of campaign funds to pay rent on a personal residence.
Lawyers for the FEC ask the court to force O'Donnell to repay the $20,000 in expenses spent on her housing, and to find an appropriate civil penalty for both O'Donnell and Moran for breaking the campaign finance law. The suit also notes that the FEC has attempted to settle with O'Donnell and Moran for payment of the $20,000, but was rebuffed.
There was a time when Christine O'Donnell was my favorite incompetent teabagger politician, and I wrote about her often.
But then she lost to Chris Coons, which was appropriate, and I stopped giving a shit.
However seeing her in the news due to a lawsuit for breaking campaign finance rules, just made her more interesting again.
And let's face it the news could be worse. At least she's not a witch.
Though come to think of it being a witch and NOT a criminal who misused campaign funds given to her by ignorant under educated morons who actually thought she could be a Senator might be better.
No comments from Alicia Luke yet? She must not be obsessed with Christine like she is with Sarah Palin.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin would never take advantage like that. Sarah is the best Mama Grizzly for a little Triggy Bear guy like her DS son.
DeleteShe bought him a service dog, didn't she?
"Saint Alicia" M Walker http://tinyurl.com/sTaFL
Deletesock puppets... Earthquake Movement and Barracuda Brigade
https://www.facebook.com/PalinQuake/posts/201183209968237
Christine O'Donnell, Michelle Bachman and the rest of their ilk use running for political office as their personal cash machine. It's not about public service. Snicker, sucker. Work at an actual job for a living? What? Why? When you can have a political campaign, a few PACs and the dollars just flow right in. Right, Sarah?
ReplyDeleteThese are merely allegations. A court will decide if she is actually guilty of anything.
ReplyDeleteLet us know the outcome, please.
orlin sellers
You can go ahead and wait for the legal outcome. Keep checking Gryphen's headlines and skip over any that don't meet your personal approval.
DeleteMeanwhile, Gryphen can write about allegations and and other proceedings. Many of us are interested and would like to read about and discuss them.
Thank you for your permission. I see you find Sarah Palin interesting. I'm sorry for you.
Deleteorlin sellers
I find your sarcasm about permission puzzling when it was you who scolded Gryphen for his choice of topics.
DeleteWhy exactly are you here, Orlin? Some kind of sociological experiment? I can't imagine wasting my time commenting on a blog where the topics don't interest me, but here you are....
@Orlin's 10:48 response:
DeleteOnly from the point of view of watching for Paln's destruction.
Orrrrrlin, go back to arguing your Constitutional conservatism on those other blogs. I see you drive them nuts too.
DeleteAnonymous9:54 AM,
DeleteThis is Gryphen's blog not yours. It's up to him to monitor comments, not you. You don't speak for others and 9:29 AM did not scold Gryphen, just asked him to keep us updated.
OT .... in LICKING county no less. Much licking.
ReplyDeleteMackenzie Land Matthews, a 34-year-old married mother, wept at her sentencing in court in Licking County, Ohio. She had pleaded guilty to having sex with an 18-year-old student.
What's the age of consent in licking? (I can see tons of teen boys googling frantically).
DeleteShe wept, huh? Must have been the best sex she's had in ages. Expensive, but good. The kid got high fives as he exited the courtroom.
Still cracks me up! Anytime you open with, "I'm not a witch".... But, then again, she is me, so let me be clear, I am not a witch!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a witch... I'm a BITCH!
DeleteBill Maher is Delaware's number one fan, they should name a street after him for exposing her supreme ditziness. "There was and altar and stuff and blood over the other side".
DeleteO/T but Gryphen, you HAVE to see this!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2OcKQ_mbiQ
A wow, what gorgeous (and smart) little boys.
That was amazingly beautiful. It should go viral.
DeleteOT ..bet Bristol misses that reality TV easy money also.
ReplyDeleteHoney Boo Boo may be off the air but her big sister is making her own plans for a TV career.
Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell, is pitching a reality show based around her little family
Interesting factoid, Chickadee's baby was born with extra thumbs on each hand...
DeleteThe FEDS know how to get to Wasilla,and Arlinton, VA.
ReplyDeleteIt's just a matter of time.
I hope so Anonymous 10:00. Maybe the Feds are starting with the small potatoes like O'Donnell and working their way up to bigger crooks like Palin.
DeleteTick-tock Sarah. Tick-tock...........
DeleteWasn’t O'Donnel a Sarah Palin sycophant?
ReplyDeleteWell, considering she has never held a real job, if my memory serves me right(?) Typical, typical...when I worked for many candidates, fund raising involves 95% of their time in office, whats wrong with that picture?
ReplyDeleteO/T 2014 Sportsman Choice Award Finalists Announced
ReplyDelete(the network’s viewer choice awards program)
42,000 viewers participated... what a HUGE sampling!
And we'll all have to wait two more weeks to see if she's a loser once again.
Best New Series: Amazing America with Sarah Palin
Best Overall Host(s): No Sarah in this category :(
Not one of the programs from the Sportsman Channel show up in the top 100 most watched cable shows.
DeleteI am seriously wondering why she wasn't investigated back in 2007-2008. Or at least by 2009
ReplyDeleteAll these people with their Grift PACs and "Campaign" funds make me feel very inadequate. Why have I not done that? Why am I not making money that way?
I'm sure it is now the same or similar in every state, but in Florida, Jeb Bush definitely helped usher in the "Government Grifting" industry in the area of education (and probably others). My stupidity is that I did not get on board to take advantage of it (K-12 inc., virtual schools, etc.).
Every time the FL legislature asks to expand voucher programs, that's more money being taken away from the public schools (and also from parts of the general FL budget) to go to Jeb's education business cronies and the people who, unlike me, were smart enough to get on board with the program.
Why did I not just embrace Jeb Bush's education reforms, jump through his hoops, and profit from it?
Oh yeah, because I have to live with myself and I have something called integrity.
Yes, there is some snark in this post.
But it is the exact opposite of snark when I say that what scares me most about a Jeb Bush presidency is what he would do to the American education system. And the goobers in the GOP would gleefully go along with whatever he proposed, er, had someone else propose.
MarvinM
A person I know recently formed a superpac. It is a joke & so is she. But, she will probably laugh all the way to the bank. And, she will have no problem sleeping well at night.
DeleteStarting a superpac can't be that hard. Why, heck-you don't even need to have a high school diploma!
DeleteStephen Colbert started one to show how easy it was and what rip-off scams they are.
DeleteI had a long post in mind but I'll spare you all.
DeleteI don't think most of you need to be told not to donate to PACs, but your relatives/friends/colleagues might.
Please pass this along: never, ever give your money to a PAC! If you have political convictions, give what money you have directly to the official campaign of the candidate/s you support.
Please spread the word. PACs are completely legal but unless you verify that what that PAC says they are doing is what they are really doing, you could be seriously throwing your money away. And who has time to check those required filings to see if their funds are being administered properly?
Much easier - just donate only to the official campaign of the candidate/s you support.
Tell your friends, please - do not donate to PACs or parties. Always and only donate to an official campaign fund of the candidate/s of your choice.
O/T but not so much, it'll be interesting to see who the initial donors to Jeb's "Right to Rise" PAC are.
MarvinM
It's sad because at a young age she had promise. Though she's young and can still do great things
ReplyDeleteBubble, bubble. Toil & trouble.
DeleteShe is my age and I surely do remember her "promise," which involved running toward any camera that would focus on her.
DeleteShe started out with the College Republicans and moved quickly to anti-choice rhetoric. Her "promise" was on full, embarrassing display on Maher's program where she was a frequent guest and evolution denier.
I'm not quite sure what "great things" you see her doing in the future because when she popped up again to run for Senate, it was clear she hadn't changed whatsoever.
She's a silly little airhead, but smarter than sarah, as is Jill the dog.
DeleteYeah, what a shame. Sounds like something one puts in a eulogy. She just stole the people's money and paid her own bills, whats not to like? Can someone close the door? I hear this "Wooooosh" sound and something smells funky.
Delete10:38 can you list the great things she's done so far? Or is trying to do?
ReplyDeleteWhat took so long? When she ran, we knew that she was using her PAC money to pay the rent on her apartment. She claimed that it was her office, but she lived and slept there. Maybe it will take that long for them to catch up with Sarah and all of her "consultants."
ReplyDeleteOff topic but
ReplyDeleteRaymond Burke blames fluffy feminism ...this shit is too crazy and offensive for me to even attempt to paraphrase.
http://www.ibtimes.com/cardinal-raymond-burke-blames-radical-feminist-movement-catholic-priest-shortage-1776342
Also too this is the same Raymond Burke (aka Gay Ray) with expensive high fashion tastes in clothes.
http://wdtprdad.blogspot.com/2015/01/catholic-man-crisis-who-ya-gonna-call.html
It's not sad at all Anonymous 10:38. I applaud any organization or person who files a complaint or suit against O'Donnell.
ReplyDeleteChristine and Matthew behaved unethically and got caught. I hope they are punished to the fullest extent of the law.
O'Donnell will never do great things because her reputation precedes her and she has brought it all on herself.
Corrupt John Boehner Conspires With Foreigners Against America’s Best Interests
ReplyDeleteIf a person is deemed pathological, it means they have an obsessive or persistent tendency to some kind of untoward behavior such as lying or stealing that they cannot, and will not, stop regardless the consequences; to other people. Obviously, if a person’s pathological behavior such as lying and unethical conduct, resulted in adverse or negative consequences to themselves, whatever the behavior was would not become a profitable compulsion. The reason the preponderance of Republicans are generally pathological liars is because they are never called to task, or suffer consequences, for their tendency to lie either for their campaign donors’ benefit or their own political power.
Although the Republican party is rife with unethical and pathological liars, it is likely none are as pathological as Speaker of the House John A. Boehner (R-OH). For the past three-and-a-half years, Boehner has lied through his teeth about a foreign corporation’s pet project its home country will not let them build due to the existential damage to their nation’s environment, air quality, and water supply. Now, Boehner has enlisted a foreign corporation (TransCanada), the Canadian Prime Minister, and a foreign energy department to put pressure on America, and particularly its President, to approve construction of a pipeline Canada is well aware is an environmental and ecological disaster.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/07/corrupt-john-boehner-conspires-foreigners-americas-interests.html
Four years later, and they sue O'Donnell for a measly $20,000? Why don't they check out SarahPAC? Thousands upon thousands of suspicious things, and the appearance of money laundering.
ReplyDeleteAre they afraid of her?
Maybe. Or perhaps it is because there are sooooo many PACs and Superpac that are just as suspicious. Besides, look at the crap that was heaped on the IRS when they investigated the Tea party groups that sprung up for the 2012 election cycle and were taking donations with no accountability. Unfortunately, a lot of tea party members found a new way to grift, right along with their party leaders!
DeleteWhy aren't organizations or people suing Sarah like they did O'Donnell? We just need a few law suits to get things started.
Delete"Anonymous11:39 AM
DeleteFour years later, and they sue O'Donnell for a measly $20,000? Why don't they check out SarahPAC? "
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The rules for PACs are very different (stricter) from the rules for campaign funds.
IIRC, O'Donnell's personal bills were paid directly out of her DE Senate Campaign funds, which are much more strictly regulated. She had a big he-said she-said rift with her "campaign manager" whom she was dating/ living with at the time. It appeared that he got spooked by the thought of being an accomplice to her grifting/lying in the form of a candidacy.
DeleteHer only income was in the form of remuneration and reimbursements of "campaign expenses". Christine isn't a witch. She's a fraud and a criminal.
Why is Sarah Palin living like a queen and though she is not running for anything, still takes donations from her followers acting like she is. Why hasn't the FEC broke down her expenditures from donations as to see how many family and friends are being paid. Sarah is a joke and we all here would be in jail if we did what she is openly doing. She bought an motorhome, expensive from her pac money. When she sold it, where did that money go. She lists postage in the hundreds of thousands each year, what a joke in these days. Does her pac pay for her private books to be sent out and is the "Postage" mean big bucks for family salaries to send these books out?
ReplyDeleteAlso, is the house in Arizona a deduction too because she might run for something there too. Is all her housekeepers, home help, tutors for her kids and special needs for Trig all being paid for by her Pac. How come FEC is not questioning the shocking amount she has paid to candidates for their campaigns. The Palins all have free health insurance through Todd's Alaskan ancestory. Isn't that free welfare for a millionaire family?
I think "postage" refers to the people getting paid to post comments and "like" clicks on comments.
DeleteI guess O'Donnell must be a witch and that's how she did her magic to hide her grifting, but palin is even more evil. Heck, she's supporting the entire family off her "pac" and reaping all the extra benefits from the "heritage." The woman even had a plane when some people can't even afford a car!
DeleteYou know, she might think she's really smart, but it's only a matter of time. She's so smug because the repugs have the house & senate, but you never know.....you never know.....just wait. Nothing is forever.
Just wait till Obama gets out of office, hope he takes charge. He will have nothing to lose.
Deletelol
DeleteSadly, no erly intervention postage has been used for Tri-G. THAT is quite obvious.
Oh PLEASE have files charged against Michele Bachmann next!
ReplyDeleteShe frequents center city Philadephia's college set (mostly from Temple U), and they don't even have to get interviewed before doing the horizontal belly bump!! (perfect photo, as usual) Thing is, she's sloppy with accounting, and loves to pay the tab like a big shot, except if you worked for her campaign, then you had to wait for your check. I recall reading she finally cleared up that mess with rent and her worker's pay.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame, we need more female candidates in the "not to swift" lane to make our female candidates look that much better. But don't fret, we'll always have Sarah to point and laugh at. No one does stupid better!!!!!!
Anita, misuse of her PAC is the only way she could afford to live in Greenville. Old money Repubs there and in Hockessin.
DeleteBy education and income, she is a Newcastle or Elsmere girl....
I have no idea how old she is, but I do know the type of college guys she attracts, and they're just there for the ride and free booze. I do know she's a bit to old to go sofa crashing and bed hopping while running for office, living off of PAC money. But no worries, she's not a witch nor anything you heard about her, she's just loose in the caboose with a few jokers short of a deck. Thank God Bill Maher kept those clips from "Politically Incorrect".
DeleteGreenville, DE., huh?
ReplyDeleteHoity Toity.
What's wrong with Elsmere or NewCastle or even Wilmington Christine??
Scam artist.
What is she even doing now? Does she have a J O B?