Biden Fined $219K For Illegal Campaign Contributions

Vice President Joe Biden
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The Federal Elections Commission has fined Vice President Joe Biden $219,000 for accepting illegal donations and failing to disclose payments and debts.

According to an FEC audit, Biden’s 2008 presidential campaign didn’t return $106,000 in campaign donations that went over the individual limit of $2,300. There were also $85,000 in “stale checks” — checks the campaign wrote to vendors and contributors which were never cashed.

Biden also apparently paid a charter plane service $7,911 for a flight from New Hampshire to Iowa. The flight should have cost $34,800, according to the FEC, meaning Biden received nearly a $27,000 contribution from the charter service.

Biden’s spokeswoman said the illegal contributions accounted for less than 1 percent of the $12 million Biden raised. She said his campaign will pay the fine.

The FEC audit was a condition of Biden accepting public campaign funding.

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