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Nader Skirts Campaign Finance Law(s)
Iâm shocked, SHOCKED!!Since October, Ralph Nader has run his campaign for president out of the same downtown Washington offices that through April housed a public charity he created -- an overlap that campaign finance specialists said could run afoul of federal laws. Whoops! Tax law explicitly forbids public charities from aiding political campaigns. Violations can result in a charity losing its tax-exempt status. In addition, campaign law requires candidates to account for all contributions -- including shared office space and resources, down to the use of copying machines, receptionists and telephones. Records show many links between Naderâs campaign and the charity Citizen Works. For example, the charityâs listed president, Theresa Amato, is also Naderâs campaign manager. How convenient! The campaign said in an e-mail to The Washington Post that Amato resigned from the charity in 2003. But in the charityâs most recent corporate filing with the District, in January, Amato listed herself as the charityâs president and registered agent. Huge shell game, even huger article... Posted by: Raj 2004-06-13 |
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