Judge: GOP group violated campaign laws in 2006 governor's race

[ProSense]

Source: Austin American-Statesman

A state district judge Tuesday ruled that the Republican Governors Association violated state campaign finance laws and ordered it to pay Chris Bell, the 2006 Democratic candidate for governor, $2 million.

Judge John Dietz's order, following a May trial, found that the GOP group failed to disclose two $500,000 donations made to Gov. Rick Perry's campaign in the final days of the 2006 campaign.

The $2 million judgment comes after it was disclosed this summer that the Perry campaign had paid Bell $426,000 to settle similar claims against him.

Bell can't comment about the Perry settlement because of a confidential agreement, but he was free to react to Tuesday's decision.



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[Mz Pip]

1. I'm sure the 2 million

is no big deal to the GOP. They won. 2 mil is just chump change for these guys.

[savalez]

2. Repubs always accuse everyone else of election fraud too! Bastards!

[lobodons]

3. I'm sure FAUX NOISE will be all over this

FAUX NOISE just loves these election fraud type cases, right!!??

[starroute]

5. Loves them so much they already gave $1 million to the RGA

I'm sure they can pony up another mil to cover the latest embarrassment.

[HankyDubs]

4. Read the full article

They will appeal all the way to the SCOTUS, at which point this ruling will be reversed because the current court is about politics, not justice.

Predictable shots at "democrat trial lawyers" though lol. Oddly, no mention of "republic trial lawyers."