Minnesota Board: Yes, Omar Violated State Campaign Finance Rules

Posted on AllSides June 7th, 2019
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Campaign Finance

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) repeatedly violated campaign finance rules by using funds from her congressional campaign to pay for personal travel and on her tax returns, Minnesota campaign finance officials ruled Thursday.

The Democrat must reimburse her former campaign committee approximately $3,500 for those expenses. She must also pay a $500 civil penalty to the state for using campaign money to travel to Florida to accept an honorarium, the Associated Press reports.

The board found Omar’s campaign bought a plane ticket to Boston to speak at a political rally;...

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