Marjorie Taylor Greene personally fined for election violation
Raw StoryRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, 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. Then they’ll add their open borders, Green New Deal, pro-abortion, socialist agenda.” After cutting away from Greene, the ad features a narrator asking viewers to “make a contribution today to Stop Socialism Now PAC, because if Democrats win in Georgia, it’s all over for America.” Greene’s official Facebook page shared the ad five days after Stop Socialism Now posted it on its Facebook page in early December 2020, and then Greene retweeted the ad from the super PAC later in the month. Greene’s lawyers, Derek H. Ross and Scott Gast, told the FEC that the ad was like a candidate attending a PAC fundraiser, in which she “made an appearance, gave general remarks of support and left the event before others solicited contributions for the PAC.” A majority on the FEC’s six-member, bipartisan commission appeared to disagree, voting 5-1 to approve a $12,000 fine agreement with Greene. “At the end of the day, a $12,000 fine is just a slap on the wrist for soliciting unlimited contributions in a super PAC ad in clear violation of the ‘soft money’ ban," said Aaron Scherb, senior director of legislative affairs for Common Cause, a nonprofit watchdog organization that filed an initial FEC complaint against Greene.