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California Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu’s used donor dollars in interesting ways, like that $50,000 contribution to his alma mater, Stanford University , while his son was a high school sophomore.
He’s also using donor dollars to make contributions to his wife’s school board campaign committee. Since 2018, Ted Lieu for Congress has contributed over $15,000 to Betty Lieu for School Board.
Mrs. Lieu was first elected as a trustee of the Torrance Unified School District in 2018, and Ted’s campaign first contributed to her on November 26, 2018, a $888 contribution. On January 4, 2019, a $5,000 contribution and on January 15, 2019, a $2,000 contribution, both from Ted’s federal campaign account. Then on July 3, 2019: And then $2,000 on March 31, 2021. Two of the contributions are listed as going to Betty Lieu for School Board 2018 and two are listed as going to Betty Lieu for School Board 2019, but the accounts are one and the same. Ted’s treasurer should know this since he’s also Betty’s treasurer.
In addition, Ted’s using his campaign email account to solicit funds for Betty’s school board campaign. These emails were sent in 2020. Federal election law allows federal candidates to use their email list or other campaign resources to solicit funds for other candidates and transfer campaign funds to other candidates, but they are prohibited from converting campaign funds to personal use or using campaign funds to make a gift or donation to a family member under both federal election law and House ethics rules . From the section of the House Ethics website regarding charitable donations and transfer of campaign funds to another candidate (emphasis mine): The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) generally allows Members to donate campaign funds to any entity of the kinds described in § 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code – including a charitable or educational organization, or a governmental entity – provided that there is no conversion to personal use through the donation…. [I]f otherwise lawful, campaign funds may be transferred to another candidate, or invested for use in a future political campaign, provided, again, that there […]
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