National Enquirer publisher agrees to pay $187,500 fine after FEC finds it 'knowingly and willfully' violated campaign law by paying $150,000 to a model who said she'd had an affair with Donald Trump to keep quiet during the 2016 election, records show.
after the Federal Election Commission found that it"knowingly and willfully" violated campaign law by paying $150,000 to a model who said she'd had an affair with Donald Trump to keep quiet during the 2016 presidential election, according to records released by a campaign finance watchdog group.
The FEC is expected to make its findings public within 30 days. The agency would not comment about the documents Wednesday.Ryan hailed the fine against AMI as"a win for democracy" but said"the FEC's failure to hold former-President Trump and his campaign accountable for this violation lays bare the dysfunction at the FEC."
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