Illegal Campaign Contributions for Reichert?
If it stands up to scrutiny, Goldy has what could be a pretty interesting scoop regarding potentially illegal campaign contributions to Republican Congressman Dave Reichert.
Essentially, Goldy believes that Reichert booked about $100,000 in illegal excess campaign contributions last quarter in order to mask how badly Democrat Darcy Burner was beating him in the quarterly fundraising race.
Goldy came to this conclusion by poring through Federal Elections Commission reports, which are notoriously hard to read and confusing. He admits he could have made an error in his analysis, but he doubts it. We’re looking into this too, but for now, any FEC experts out there want to weigh in? Take a look at Goldy’s reporting and tell us what you think in the comments.
UPDATE: False alarm, Goldy says he’s made a mistake. Explanation is here.
I've posted an update. It looks like I misunderstood the "Election Cycle To Date" field as per election... so the total excess contribution is dramatically less than I had thought.
My bad.