'100% pro-Trump' House candidate Bo Hines fined nearly $12,000
The campaign committee of failed Republican U.S. House candidate Bo Hines, a hard-core Donald Trump supporter who narrowly lost his high-profile race in North Carolina, was fined nearly $12,000 by the Federal Election Commission for federal campaign finance violations, according to records released today by the agency.
The FEC accused Hines of failing to properly disclose numerous last-minute campaign contributions during both the primary and general election phases of his North Carolina District 13 congressional race. Taken together, the properly disclosed contributions totaled $112,400, the FEC said.
A Sept. 29 letter from FEC Chairwoman Dara Lindenbaum to Bo Hines for Congress treasurer Jason D. Boles confirmed that Hines' committee paid the fine on Sept. 17....