BY MATT MARGOLIS | P J MEDIA
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) says that the
Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Hillary Clinton presidential
campaign violated election laws by lying about funding the infamous Steele
dossier, which was used to smear Donald Trump and justify the Obama
administration seeking a FISA warrant to spy on his campaign.
The DNC and the Clinton campaign claimed expenses paid to
the left-wing law firm Perkins Coie were legal services when in fact, they went
to funding the long-discredited dossier. The FEC says that what the DNC
and Clinton campaign did violated the law.
According to the FEC, neither the DNC nor the Clinton
campaign admitted to lying but won’t contest the finding either in order to
settle the matter, the Washington Examiner reports.
“Solely for the purpose of settling this matter
expeditiously and to avoid further legal costs, respondent[s] does not concede,
but will not further contest the commission’s finding of probable cause to
believe,” the FEC memo states.
Don’t get too excited; while the DNC and the Hillary
Clinton campaign paid Perkins Coie over a million dollars that went towards the
funding of the bogus dossier, they’re only being fined $105,000 and $8,000,
respectively. A mere slap on the wrist.
