Fined: Marjorie Taylor Greene must pay up for election violation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), one of former president Donald Trump’s most vociferous supporters in Congress, has agreed to pay a $12,000 fine for violating federal election law, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Raw Story.
An investigation by the FEC found that Greene violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 when she improperly shared an ad produced by the Stop Socialism Now PAC on her campaign Facebook page and Twitter account in December 2020.
The FEC, which released documentation of Greene's fine today, found that Greene personally violated the law by soliciting funds for an entity that is not subject to the regulations imposed on federal candidates, who may not accept donations exceeding $5,000. The PAC supported Republican candidates in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff election in early 2021....