That would be illegal if Mr Maehara knowingly accepted the donation, which he says he did not.Mr Maehara abruptly quit, robbing Mr Kan of perhaps the administration's steadiest hand.
He cited an earlier investigation by the Federal Election Commission, which dismissed the case against Mr. Buchanan but only after investigators there initially found that he knowingly accepted illegal campaign contributions.
The government's case is simple: Mr. Edwards knowingly accepted the money from two wealthy donors and used it to keep information from the public that would have surely torpedoed his presidential campaign.
"Instead, he exercised his legal right not to contest the evidence and knowingly accepted the imposition of a ban from recognised competition for life and disqualification of his competitive results from 1998 forward".
"Instead, he exercised his legal right not to contest the evidence and knowingly accepted the imposition of a ban from recognised competition for life and disqualification of his competitive results from 1998 forward". In an interview with BBC Radio 5 liveUp All Night, Breen explained why Armstrong had chosen not to fight Usada's charges.
In the past, the Ethics Commission has fined elected city officials for receiving excess political contributions, but it has never found that a city candidate knowingly accepted laundered contributions.
Our profession comes with certain risks, which we knowingly accept.
Japan's electoral laws forbid politicians from knowingly accepting funds from foreign sources.
For example, the proposals would bar the commissioners from knowingly accepting contributions from groups contesting cases before the commission.
Wikicountability is taking pains to distinguish itself from WikiLeaks, explaining that its policy is "not to solicit or knowingly accept for publication documents which disclose information that is classified, legally privileged or subject to the established statutory exceptions under FOIA".
While federal rules about such conflicts are somewhat ambiguous, Mr. Bansal filled out a form that prohibited him "from knowingly accepting compensation" from a midsize bank he previously regulated.
