'Stiffing Donors': Donald's New Press Flack In Trouble Over Illicit Donations
Failed congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt is the youngest White House press secretary in history, and it shows. In amended filings, Leavitt revealed on Thursday that her unsuccessful 2022 congressional campaign owes more than $300,000 in unpaid debts. However, Leavitt failed to disclose those debts for years, showing that her campaign received hundreds of thousands of dollars in inappropriate donations and never paid the money back. It's illegal to stiff your donors.
NOTUS reports:
The vast majority of that debt, about $200,000, is owed as refunds to contributors who appear to have donated above the legal limits. Those excessive contributions went unreported for years — until Thursday — when Leavitt's campaign amended every campaign filing she had ever made with the Federal Election Commission.
Congressional candidates can technically accept campaign donations exceeding contribution limits — as long as they refund the contributor or redesignate the funds within 60 days, according to federal campaign finance law.
Leavitt's campaign committee appears to have done neither.
Her congressional campaign committee amended 17 campaign finance reports on Thursday, noting that, over the course of three years, Leavitt took in a number of excessive contributions that she failed to report and has failed to pay back, essentially stiffing her donors.
This is nothing new for the 27-year-old: