Sentence examples for charged with campaign from inspiring English sources

A Thai businesswoman charged with campaign finance violations has been sentenced to three years' probation and six months' house arrest and was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine, the Justice Department said.

Although the Suffolk County sheriff is charged with campaign corruption, his lawyer told a jury today that he was on trial for another reason: a political feud with the county district attorney.

Past seasons have featured the former House majority leader Tom DeLay, who resigned in 2006 after being charged with campaign finance violations, as well as Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, and Antonio Sabato Jr, a former soap opera actor who spoke in support of Donald Trump in Cleveland in July.

Since her complaint, the work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper has been earmarked for a prominent role, but Harman herself has failed to secure a role chairing press conferences and has instead been charged with campaigning across the country.

Much of what Mr. Cohen will say about the hush money payments he made at Mr. Trump's behest in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign has already been revealed in Federal Court or in news reports after Mr. Cohen was charged with a campaign finance violation for the scheme.

Mr. DeLay was initially charged with breaking campaign finance law.

Lawyers who have been watching the case say there has never been one like it — that is, no politician has been charged with using campaign money to hide a mistress.

He was charged with violating campaign finance laws stemming from money used to hide his pregnant lover, but a trial ended in 2012 with an acquittal on one charge and a mistrial on five others.

It would also be charged with enforcing campaign finance laws, a power currently vested in the State Board of Elections, which has been criticized by watchdog groups for not being aggressive enough.

Head of pro-Rand Paul 'super PAchargedged with 2012 campaign violations.

The government's prosecutorial arm was at odds with the very agency charged with policing campaign financing.