Cracking down on campaign finance cheats. NC law means secret probes, slaps on wrist.

Cracking down on campaign finance cheats. NC law means secret probes, slaps on wrist.

5-year investigation of Sons of Confederate Veterans ends with misdemeanor charges, small fines. Highlights NC campaign finance law limits. Cracking down on campaign finance cheats. NC law means secret probes, slaps on wrist.  is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million res…

Cracking down on campaign finance cheats. NC law means secret probes, slaps on wrist

Early this year, the Wake County district attorney quietly ended a five-year campaign finance investigation involving a Sons of Confederate Veterans scheme to gain legislative influence over removal of Confederate monuments.