Repeat campaign finance scofflaw Soros gets away with it again
In my column on the SEIU today, I mentioned how the George Soros-funded group, Americans Coming Together, was hit with a $775,000 fine by the Federal Election Commission – the third largest civil penalty levied in the panel’s history — for gross campaign finance violations.
Yesterday, in little-noticed news, California’s campaign finance panel fined Soros directly for failing to disclose a $350,000 contribution that was funneled through the Drug Policy Action Network to help fund a ballot measure undermining the state’s Three Strikes law for criminals.
The California regulators noted that Soros had been a repeat offender, yet fined him a paltry $8,000!
Here’s an excerpt from the panel’s summary report:
Respondent George Soros, a resident of New York, is the Chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC, an author, and an active philanthropist. During the second semi-annual reporting period of 2004 and before, Respondent was and had been a substantial donor to the Drug Policy Action Network (“DPAN”), a national non-profit organization, which, according to its website, promotes policy alternatives to the drug war that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights. Among the numerous donations Respondent made to DPAN over time were two contributions totaling $500,000 solicited by DPAN to support “Fix Three Strikes- Yes on 66, a Coalition of Justice Advocates, Labor Organizations and Church Leaders (“Fix Three Strikes Committee”), a committee that was primarily formed to support a state measure appearing on the ballot in the November 2, 2004 general election.
DPAN utilized the funds collected from Respondent and two other significant contributors, along with funds from DPAN’s existing accounts, to make contributions to the Fix Three Strikes Committee. Respondent was aware that DPAN intended to contribute these funds to the Fix Three Strikes Committee. The Fix Three Strikes Committee reported the contributions as being made by Respondent Soros and disclosed DPAN as the intermediary for each contribution.
In this matter, the payments made to DPAN were understood to be contributions to be made to the Fix Three Strikes Committee. As such, Respondent’s initial payment of $150,000 was a “contribution” under the Political Reform Act (the “Act”), and qualified Respondent as a major donor committee. Additionally, the amount of the contribution triggered the Act’s electronic filing obligations. Respondent made the second contribution of $350,000 to DPAN during the late contribution reporting period, and therefore, was required to file a late contribution report in paper and electronic format. Respondent was also required to file a semi-annual campaign statement, commonly known as a “major donor campaign statement.”
For the purposes of this stipulation, Respondent’s violations are stated as follows:
COUNT 1: Respondent George Soros failed to timely disclose a $350,000 late contribution to the Fix Three Strikes Committee in a properly filed late contribution report, by the October 27, 2004 due date, in violation of Sections 84203, subdivision (a) and 84605, subdivision (b) of the Government Code.
COUNT 2: Respondent George Soros failed to timely file a semi-annual campaign statement by the January 31, 2005 due date, for the reporting period January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004, in violation of Section 84200, subdivision (b) and 84605, subdivision (b) of the Government Code.
…Respondent has in the past been an active contributor in California politics, qualifying as a major donor committee and filing major donor campaign statements in 1996, 1999, and 2000. In 2002, respondent failed to timely file a late contribution report, and received a warning letter from the Enforcement Division in January 2003.
An $8,000 fine for a billionaire with a shady campaign finance history.
Yeah, that’ll teach him not to mess with California again!
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All too familiar to those of us who have to live in Kalifornia. I’m surprised they fined him that much, honestly.
And there isn’t any way possible to mitigate the damage this one man wrecking machine caused.
Soros is the puppetmaster…pulling the strings…
Oh the tragedy of it. That’s probably what he spent on lunch, counting the flight to and from the restaurant.
And the ultimate monument to affirmative action run amok is right there among the dancing dummies.
The only way to deal with Soros is to make him BROKE.
Hey, it’s not like he did something truly onerous like defend traditional marriage and families. He meant well. He’s empathetic. Maybe he should be nominated to the Supreme Court.
Blofeld strikes again!
He’s still wanted as a convicted felon in France. I say we do France a solid and send ship him there.
Soros owned both Presidential candidates last election. The GOP is hopelessly corrupted. It is time to abandon them as they have abandoned the values conservatives hold dear. The NSRC has endorsed Crist in FL over a good conservative in Marco Rubio. Crist publicly called for passage of Porkulus. Change we can believe in?
California is in the toilet financially and wanting Govn’t bailout, yet they only extract $8K from this monster? They’re not serious about collecting revenue unless it’s the little guy. The only way to cure Cali’s ills is to starve it to death. No sympathy left.
I’m sorry to be so ignorant. And we have laws for what reason? Someone please explain this seemingly archaic concept to me.
just one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse… along with Rockefeller, Kissinger, and Brzezinski.
I prefer DEAD.
campaign finance scofflaw Soros
Soros needs to be packed back off to Hungary. Void his citizenship. He clearly is not fit to be an American citizen. He is more attuned to Russian or eastern european sensibilities.
DITTO.
Should have at least charged him sales tax.
Aren’t there any right-wing billionaires out there willing to counter Soros? I thought the Repubs were the “rich white guys”. I guess the Dems have taken that title.
California is on the verge of financial collapse. Among the wrecking crew:
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nancy Pelosi. Dianne Feinstein. Barbara Boxer. Antonio Villaraigosa. Gavin Newsom. Karen Bass. Darrell Steinberg. George Soros. Jean Knops. Walt Koenig. Sergio Garcia-Rodriguez. Mónica M. Ramírez. Barack Obama…
Says a lot when the most rational official in the state is Jerry Brown.
“Stupid is as stupid gets.”
Southpaw: you left out the detestable Abel Maldanado(R).
Ximinez: Now, old woman — you are accused of heresy on three counts — heresy by thought, heresy by word, heresy by deed, and heresy by action — *four* counts. Do you confess?
Wilde: I don’t understand what I’m accused of.
Ximinez: Ha! Then we’ll make you understand! Biggles! Fetch…THE CUSHIONS!
[JARRING CHORD]
[Biggles holds out two ordinary modern household cushions]
Biggles: Here they are, lord.
Ximinez: Now, old lady — you have one last chance. Confess the heinous sin of heresy, reject the works of the ungodly — *two* last chances. And you shall be free — *three* last chances. You have three last chances, the nature of which I have divulged in my previous utterance.
Wilde: I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Ximinez: Right! If that’s the way you want it — Cardinal! Poke her with the soft cushions!
[Biggles carries out this rather pathetic torture]
Ximinez: Confess! Confess! Confess!
Biggles: It doesn’t seem to be hurting her, lord.
Ximinez: Have you got all the stuffing up one end?
Biggles: Yes, lord.
Ximinez [angrily hurling away the cushions]: Hm! She is made of harder stuff! Cardinal Fang! Fetch…THE COMFY CHAIR!
Look up “limousine liberal” in the dictionary and you’ll find Soros. I’d like to get more outraged over this, but my gut tells me he’s nowhere near the only one getting away with this crap!
And to think, he’s running again for governor. There are just enough stupid people in this state that he might actually have a good shot at winning….and the state never fully recovered from his previous stint.
And they asked him to write a check payable to “CASH”. : )
Yea. I gave the short list. Aren’t Maldanado and Anthony Adams being recalled? I here there is a petition to recall the Governator.
Check out the Wiki page for Antonio_Villaraigosa. It’s a hoot. Check it quick though, before it gets scrubbed.
Any word on the investigation of violations of campaign finance laws facitlitated by OBummer’s web donations system disabling the security features?
What?!… You mean?… oh, nevermind.
I wonder what kind of security Soros must have.
Seems like the French might want to come get him…
southpaw: There is a petition out to get the million signatures needed to recall Arnold. I think the other recalls are moving along well but I haven’t heard any specifics. The GOP is so out to lunch you almost have to feel sorry for them. “Listening” tours” Tea Party 2.0? What are they smoking?
My philosophy moving forward is “See politician, boo politician.”
George Soros is Evil personified, to whom Obama, Pelosi, and Reid (among many others) have sold their souls. He hates this country; he hates the citizens of this country. He will not be satisfied until he has bankrupted the USA, and created havoc in every aspect of our lives.
We must never underestimate the power of The Beast.
Good one.
Rush was talking about the idea of legalizing marijuana in California this morning. Well, I had an epiphany related to this subject yesterday:
If you want to fix health care in this country, make it illegal. Efficient pricing based on supply and demand. No shortage of product. Unfettered government regulation (well, there is the law enforcement aspect, but it’ll be ineffective). No frivolous lawsuits by vulture lawyers. No taxes.
“Please Mr. Obama and Joe the Biden, may I have more Dijon on my Cheerios?”
Was that $8,000 EACH or to be split amongst all of the committee members?
he’s certainly paving the way for the man on the white horse…
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s shorted the dollar…and is expecting to make a killing from the inflation and devaluation of the dollar…
I’d bet money that he has, and it is already paying off.
The M1 has doubled since BIG BRO came to power…
eorge Soros ranks among the worst threats to this country and it’s government. This is a man who has been getting away with singlehandedly manipulating the elections and the economy for years. He is living proof that there is not “Vast Right Wing” anything, for if there was, he would have been removed from the gene pool a long time ago.
Look at what happened on Sept. 18th.
Soros is very very old. One foot in the grave and one on a banana peel. Have you really looked at that guy lately? He is not a well man. Soon we won’t have Soros to kick around any more. I wonder what Barack will do without him? It will be interesting. I predict Soros will be gone from this earth within one year. Health reasons, of course.
From you keyboard to God’s PC, Scrappy…
I know it isn’t very Christian, but sometimes my prayers include a few revenge requests. I think God understands where I’m coming from!
Can’t we just revoke his citizenship and send him back to Hungary? It would save a lot of trouble down the line…
I’d be shocked if he wasn’t. He’s primarily a currency trader.
On May 13th, 2009 at 12:01 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
True.
In my opinion, McCain cared more about defeating Mike Huckabee than he cared about defeating Barack Obama.
I think McCain was Soros’ designated loser.
And I believe Soros played a major role in the “crisis” last September that led to TARP.
Huckabee vocally opposed TARP, while McCain, Obama, and Bush supported it.
Republicans got the blame, and people who were angry voted for “CHANGE”, not realizing that instead of “change” they were really going to get multiple times more of what they didn’t want.
The American electorate was played.
…Aided and abetted by the MSM, which isn’t the “MainStream Media”, they are the “Marxist Socialist Media”
I bet the $8000 doesn’t even pay the cost of the report, let alone the cost of the investigation. No wonder California’s broke. How much will Soros have to pay for his third strike? $8500?
Soros did $500,000 worth of damage and only had to pay an $8,000 fine. That’ll teach him! If I got fined $8000 for embezzling $500,000 from George Soros, I’d never want to do it again — at least not until I’d had a chance to spent the other $492,000 and was in need of more cash.
Testing, one two three…
That is how stupid California is they could have fined him 100 million and put it towards their debt….stupid, stupid, stupid!
So many politicians have their hand out to this traitor that he will never go away until he dies! very unfortunate.
I’m sure I’ve said it before, but I think his goal was to win the nomination and get revenge on the GOP for 2004. It certainly didn’t look like he was terribly interested in winning the general election.
Yeah. He’s the one who, on Sept. 18, started the run on the banks that, had it not been shut down, would have completely destroyed the economies of many countries.
All to get his guy inand to make a buck. And the Libs just keep on with their “Conservatives are greedy and evil” nonsense…and allowed to get away with it.