The Inquirer: The FBI says Bob Brady and Marjorie Margolies conspired to violate election laws. Why weren't they charged?
The assertion by the FBI agent was stark: As part of a scheme to conceal illegal campaign contributions, Marjorie Margolies in 2014 falsely reported a nearly $25,000 donation funneled through her personal bank account as a loan to her congressional campaign.
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Adav Noti, a former federal prosecutor and lawyer with the Federal Election Commission, said candidates facing investigations into their campaigns typically argue that they stay at arm’s length from their staff: “I don’t micromanage that stuff. My campaign people do what they do and I trust them to do it.”
“Hard to make that [argument] when you’re receiving and cutting personal checks,” said Noti, now senior director of trial litigation at the Campaign Legal Center in Washington.
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Noti, of the Campaign Legal Center, said that “usually with these sorts of shifting-money-around schemes, it’s usually because the treasurer has been embezzling.”
“I can’t think of one where the candidate was allegedly personally involved,” he said.