Mackenzie, who worked on the political campaigns of Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp and Patrick J. Buchanan, agreed to pay $172,000 in restitution. ADADThe committees, according to court documents, spent most of their money on overhead and little on the candidates they claimed to be helping. Mackenzie admitted he used at least $172,200 from small donors to pay legal fees related to that case. As part of his plea, he must notify clients, vendors and any committee he is involved with about the case. ADStrategic Campaign Group’s Annapolis headquarters was searched by the FBI in 2017.

Source: Washington Post October 22, 2019 18:56 UTC