Sue McCain for violating campaign finance law

[Dennis Peterson]

McCain signed up for matching funds. That entails a spending limit of $54 million.

Now he's backing out of matching funds. The trouble is, the lawyers say he has no right to do so without the agreement of the FEC, and particularly not since he has already benefited:

1) He took out loans using the future receipt of matching funds as collateral.
2) The funds helped him qualify for the ballot in some states.

Since he does not have the right to renege on the matching funds agreement, it is illegal for him to spend more than $54 million. The general consensus is, he has already spent more than that.

Violating campaign finance law is punishable by a prison sentence of up to 5 years.

Ron Paul should be able to make a good case that McCain is the nominee only because he violated the law - in fact, the very law that McCain himself wrote.

People will disagree but in all probability, McCain has this nomination tied up. Even Ron Paul said as much, and that was before McCain took four more states and Huckabee dropped out.

But if McCain is under indictment for violating election law, that puts things in a different light.

For anyone who's serious about continuing the campaign, this is the only real option.

 

[ForLibertyFight]

This should be definitely be considered.

 

[Feelgood]

Has anyone contacted HQ about this?

 

[Banana]

Erm, Paul or the PCC doesn't have any standings.

It's up to FEC to persecute McCain.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

President "BOMBS-A-LOT" will declare MARSHALL LAW that the FEC inflitrated by Terror

Nothing will happen... the typical Political action will be to investigate AFTER the election, like votes in FL & OH... yotta yotta.

The government has to give the perception that it's an even competition between Dems and Reps to NOV 2008.

that... OR

President "BOMBS-A-LOT" will declare MARSHALL LAW that the FEC was inflitrated by Terrorists and freeze any investigation.

Typical Federal Corrupt BS

 

[acptulsa]

Bush is holding up (and Congress is complicit) appointments to the board of, if I remember right, the FEC itself. And without a majority on the board, they can issue no ruling. So, nothing is being done on the subject. Nice, no?

 

[Banana]

So, nothing is being done on the subject. Nice, no?

Almost make me want to push for a some kind of bill to require that the sixth amendment, specifically "right to a speedy trial" will apply to all bureau-courts and failure to guarantee such right would render everything null and void or something like that.

 

[acptulsa]

Almost make me want to push for a some kind of bill to require that the sixth amendment, specifically "right to a speedy trial" will apply to all bureau-courts and failure to guarantee such right would render everything null and void or something like that.

That's actually an interesting angle. If the allegation can be made that McCain violated law, the Sixth would apply.

 

[Banana]

That's actually an interesting angle. If the allegation can be made that McCain violated law, the Sixth would apply.

It should- but I think the problem is that we have several versions of courts (hence me calling them "bureau-courts") when we should only have common law courts, so those versions have their own rules and thus why they can be so inconsistent. Ideally, those should be abolished with all cases left up to the common law courts; the bill idea would be simply a stopgap until that goal or something.

 

[amy31416]

Is anyone knowledgeable about how we can push for an investigation into McCain's violations of fundraising, hopefully ironically ending with the conclusion that he violated his own law? And have his delegates revoked in the states where he didn't deserve to be on the ballot.

 

[Banana]

Some random ideas:

1) Write your representatives and those on the committee for nominating FEC positions, and President & Veep to hurry up the process

2) Make a big stink about it on MSM somehow.

3) Threaten to sue FEC (or United States Government itself) for being derelict in its duty to fill the quorum and thus guarantee speedy trail

4) Notify GOP that you will not support the nominee who has broke his own laws (this would be better if we had the first quarter reports from FEC to verify that McCain did in fact went over the limit)