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Democratic Party of Tennessee Admits To Violations After Misreporting Millions Of Dollars

Luke Rosiak
Democratic Party of Tennessee Admits To Violations After Misreporting Millions Of Dollars
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The Democratic Party of Tennessee agreed to pay a six-figure fine to settle a Federal Election Commission case alleging that it misreported millions of dollars in campaign funds, according to new FEC documents.

In January, FEC commissioners voted unanimously that they found “reason to believe that the Tennessee Democratic Party violated” the law by “failing to report total receipts and disbursements,” “failing to itemize receipts received via joint fundraising transfers,” and “failing to maintain monthly payroll logs.”

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