Top Clinton Aide Deep in Soros Campaign Scandal

Published: September 2, 2007, 5:08 pm

George Soros, founder of the Open Society Institute, listens to a questin following his keynote address at the InterAction 2007 forum in Washington, April 18, 2007. Interaction is the American Council for Voluntary International Action. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)This settlement was the third largest penalty ever paid to the FEC. n the run-up to the November 2004 election, ACT raised approximately $137 million. According to the FEC, ACT improperly classified $70 million in receipts in “administrative costs” that were attributable to clearly identified federal candidates.Campaign finance law, which is enforced by the FEC, regulates how money can be raised and spent in federal elections. Most of ACT’s 2004 election activities were designed to defeat President George Bush and elect Sen. John Kerry (D.-Mass.) as President. The group wrongly marked many of those expenses as get-out-the-vote activities, which are not as strictly regulated like money spent to elect

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