Sentence examples for illegal spending from inspiring English sources
That investigation, focused on $653,000 in illegal spending on Gray's behalf by former city contractor Jeffrey E. Thompson, netted guilty pleas from six people, including Gray associates.
Gray, who denied knowing about the illegal spending, was never charged, though he blamed his 2014 loss to Bowser on fallout from the investigation.
Although the indictment broadly charges that Ms. Slade "misapplied" more than $200,000 in university money and failed to obtain approval for expenditures of more than $100,000, the prosecution's opening specified at least $429,579 in illegal spending.
A federal investigation of illegal spending by former District contractor Jeffrey E. Thompson in the 2010 mayoral election led to guilty pleas by six people, including associates of former mayor Vincent C. Gray.
Yet, in some ways, to argue about whether illegal spending by Vote Leave, Leave.EU – or possibly others – was enough to swing this hard-fought referendum is to sidestep more profound concerns about the implications of those actions.
However, Jo Maugham, the barrister behind the Good Law Project, said any illegal spending would undermine the result, adding to concerns about Russian meddling and Brexiters failing to deliver promises they made during the campaign.
"There's clearly nothing illegal in spending untold millions of your own money to purchase office.
"Today's attack is a wily attempt to avoid fallout from John McCain's complaint about possible illegal campaign spending," Mr. Lehane said.
The charges against the four officials were dropped, while the party as an organisation pleaded guilty to illegal campaign spending and paid $282,000 in fines and restitution.
The F.E.C. eventually fined both Democratic and Republican groups for a hundred and fifty million dollars' worth of illegal outside spending in the 2004 Presidential election.
Along with Thursday's Common Cause complaint, there is already a pending FEC complaint about possibly illegal Russian spending in the election that was filed in December by the watchdog groups Campaign for Accountability and Free Speech for People.
