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2023-08-12 04:28:57 UTC - HELPFUL
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To place this in context, the Campaign Legal Center’s Larry Noble has said that FEC letters are fairly routine, especially with online donations: https://campaignlegal.org/media-mentions/salon-fec-goes-after-donald-trump-more-1000-violations-campaign-finance-laws Other candidates have had similar letters: FEC hits Trump on 1,100 errors, totaling roughly $1.3M: https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/politics/fec-trump-violations/ Sanders: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/the-bernie-sanders-donors-who-are-giving-too-much/482418/ Obama: https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/01/07/obama-campaign-fined-big-for-hiding-donors-keeping-illegal-donations
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