{"id":8065,"date":"2021-06-01T17:25:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/fec-fines-tabloid-company-but-not-trump-for-karen-mcdougal-hush-payment\/"},"modified":"2021-06-01T17:25:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:25:30","slug":"fec-fines-tabloid-company-but-not-trump-for-karen-mcdougal-hush-payment","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/vi\/press\/fec-fines-tabloid-company-but-not-trump-for-karen-mcdougal-hush-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"FEC ph\u1ea1t c\u00f4ng ty b\u00e1o l\u00e1 c\u1ea3i nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea1t Trump v\u00ec kho\u1ea3n thanh to\u00e1n "im l\u1eb7ng" c\u1ee7a Karen McDougal"},"template":"","class_list":["post-8065","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today\u2019s news of a $187,500 fine for AMI\u2019s knowing and willful violation of campaign finance law is a win for democracy and for Common Cause. But the FEC\u2019s failure to hold former-President Trump and his campaign accountable for this violation lays bare the dysfunction at the FEC. Less than a month ago we learned that GOP Commissioners had similarly blocked enforcement against Trump for the illegal Stormy Daniels hush payment. And the agency has again shown itself incapable of fully enforcing the campaign finance laws passed by Congress.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"related_issues":[137,149,2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"In 2018, Common Cause filed <\/em>khi\u1ebfu n\u1ea1i<\/em><\/a> with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging reason to believe that\u00a0tabloid company American Media, Inc.\u2019s (AMI) August 2016 payment of $150,000 to former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, to buy and bury her story of an affair with Donald J. Trump, was for the purpose of influencing the 2016 election and was coordinated with Donald Trump, his campaign and his attorney and agent Michael Cohen\u2014making it an illegal corporate in-kind contribution to the 2016 Trump campaign. Today, the FEC notified Common Cause<\/a> that it agreed with our allegation against American Media, Inc. and its chair David Pecker, issuing a fine of $187,500. However, there were not the minimum-required four votes to find violations by former-President Trump and his campaign. We anticipate that the Commission will make documents related to the case available within 30 days, including analysis and recommendations from its nonpartisan Office of General Counsel and any statements of reasons from commissioners discussing their votes in the case.<\/em>\r\n

Statement of Common Cause V.P. for Policy & Litigation Paul S. Ryan <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\nToday\u2019s news of a $187,500 fine for AMI\u2019s knowing and willful violation of campaign finance law is a win for democracy and for Common Cause. But the FEC\u2019s failure to hold former-President Trump and his campaign accountable for this violation lays bare the dysfunction at the FEC. Less than a month ago we learned<\/a> c\u00e1i \u0111\u00f3 GOP Commissioners<\/a> had similarly blocked enforcement against Trump for the illegal Stormy Daniels hush payment. And the agency has again shown itself incapable of fully enforcing the campaign finance laws passed by Congress.\r\n\r\nMichael Cohen went to prison for these violations. AMI has been fined. But the former president has not yet been held accountable. The Department of Justice has until August to prosecute Trump for orchestrating this illegal campaign finance scheme.\r\n\r\nWhile a significant fine was levied against AMI, it would have been hard for the FEC to ignore after the corporation\u2019s president admitted the violations to the FBI and became a cooperating witness in the investigation of former-President Trump and his campaign for this and other campaign finance violations.\r\n\r\nOur nation\u2019s campaign finance laws are vital to maintain public confidence in our elections and our politicians. These laws are essential to keep our democracy off the auction block. And they must be enforced. It is imperative that the Senate pass the For the People Act, which\u00a0includes provisions\u00a0to\u00a0significantly\u00a0restructure the FEC\u00a0so it can do its job for the American people\u00a0and\u00a0enforce the laws on the books.\r\n\r\nTo read the FEC\u2019s notice issued today, nh\u1ea5p v\u00e0o \u0111\u00e2y<\/a>.\r\n\r\nTo read Common Cause\u2019s original DOJ and FEC complaints, nh\u1ea5p v\u00e0o \u0111\u00e2y<\/a>."}}]},"yoast_head":"\nFEC Fines Tabloid Company But Not Trump for Karen McDougal \u201cHush\u201d Payment - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/vi\/press-releases\/fec-fines-tabloid-company-but-not-trump-for-karen-mcdougal-hush-payment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"vi_VN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FEC Fines Tabloid Company But Not Trump for Karen McDougal \u201cHush\u201d Payment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/vi\/nhan\/fec-fines-tabloid-company-but-not-trump-for-karen-mcdougal-hush-payment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/fec-fines-tabloid-company-but-not-trump-for-karen-mcdougal-hush-payment\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/fec-fines-tabloid-company-but-not-trump-for-karen-mcdougal-hush-payment\/\",\"name\":\"FEC Fines Tabloid Company But Not Trump for Karen McDougal \u201cHush\u201d Payment - 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