The FEC ordered the super PAC and the company to pay a combined $940,000 in penalties — one of its largest fines to date, according to FEC records. In 2015, the super PAC, Right to Rise, accepted $1.3 million from the U.S. arm of an international private investment firm, American Pacific International Capital (APIC). In the agreement, APIC contended that it acted in good faith, believing that the donation was permissible because the person who made the decision to give it was its U.S.-citizen executive director. The two men “discussed the possibility of APIC making a contribution” to Right to Rise, the agreement says. Pls check with [APIC’s in-house counsel] and contact him by phone.”FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub tweeted Monday about the agreement: “Foreign interference in our elections is a direct attack on our democracy.

Source: Washington Post March 11, 2019 23:37 UTC