When Will Congressman Green Clean Campaign of Dirty Money?
[a press release from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin...]
MADISON – Congressman Mark Green is up to his dirty tricks once again.
This time Congressman Green is refusing to comply with an order from the State Elections Board to divest his campaign within 10 days of nearly $468,000 in contributions from federal PACs that were not registered in Wisconsin when the donations were made. It’s dirty campaign cash that Green legally would not be able to raise under state law as a candidate for Governor. And it’s part of $1.3 million in dirty money that Green transferred last year from his federal to his state campaign account.
Congressman Green’s excuse: the money’s already been spent.
Sounds just like one of many excuses the Green campaign gave during its more than year-long refusal to get rid of $30,000-plus in tainted cash Congressman Green took from the indicted Tom DeLay – money, by the way, that Green finally donated this summer to charity after succumbing to pressure.
Congressman Green should know better than to think he can skirt Wisconsin law and get away with it by claiming he already spent the dirty money he knows he never should have had in the first place.
“Congressman Green saying he already spent his illegal money is like saying someone shouldn’t be punished because they stole money and then spent it,” said Joe Wineke, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. “It’s plain and simple: Congressman Green violated Wisconsin law with his dirty transfer, the State Elections Board confirmed that yesterday, and he should immediately clean his campaign of this dirty cash.”
On a bipartisan 5-2 vote, the State Elections Board upheld a complaint yesterday by the independent, nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign that Congressman Green’s transfer put him in violation of several state campaign finance laws.
In addition to ordering Congressman Green to return nearly $468,000 in contributions from federal PACs not registered in Wisconsin, the Board also ordered him to divest his campaign of PAC donations that put him above the legal state limit.
Authorized and Paid For By the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Joe Wineke, Chair
MADISON – Congressman Mark Green is up to his dirty tricks once again.
This time Congressman Green is refusing to comply with an order from the State Elections Board to divest his campaign within 10 days of nearly $468,000 in contributions from federal PACs that were not registered in Wisconsin when the donations were made. It’s dirty campaign cash that Green legally would not be able to raise under state law as a candidate for Governor. And it’s part of $1.3 million in dirty money that Green transferred last year from his federal to his state campaign account.
Congressman Green’s excuse: the money’s already been spent.
Sounds just like one of many excuses the Green campaign gave during its more than year-long refusal to get rid of $30,000-plus in tainted cash Congressman Green took from the indicted Tom DeLay – money, by the way, that Green finally donated this summer to charity after succumbing to pressure.
Congressman Green should know better than to think he can skirt Wisconsin law and get away with it by claiming he already spent the dirty money he knows he never should have had in the first place.
“Congressman Green saying he already spent his illegal money is like saying someone shouldn’t be punished because they stole money and then spent it,” said Joe Wineke, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. “It’s plain and simple: Congressman Green violated Wisconsin law with his dirty transfer, the State Elections Board confirmed that yesterday, and he should immediately clean his campaign of this dirty cash.”
On a bipartisan 5-2 vote, the State Elections Board upheld a complaint yesterday by the independent, nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign that Congressman Green’s transfer put him in violation of several state campaign finance laws.
In addition to ordering Congressman Green to return nearly $468,000 in contributions from federal PACs not registered in Wisconsin, the Board also ordered him to divest his campaign of PAC donations that put him above the legal state limit.
Authorized and Paid For By the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Joe Wineke, Chair
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