Mark Meadows-backed failed GOP House candidate to plead guilty to DOJ campaign finance allegations: reports

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A former North Carolina Republican candidate backed by former President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows reportedly is to plead guilty to allegedly accepting an illegal campaign contribution during her unsuccessful 2020 run for Congress.

Published 4 months ago · Washington, United States

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Trump- and Meadows-backed House candidate agrees to plead guilty to accepting illegal campaign contribution

Lynda Bennett, who was backed by then-President Donald Trump and Mark Meadows in her run for the latter's former House seat in North Carolina, has agreed to plead guilty to accepting an illegal campaign contribution during the 2020 primary election cycle, court filings show.

4 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Hill

Meadows ally to plead guilty to illegal campaign contribution

An unsuccessful Republican congressional candidate who ran to replace former Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) after he joined the Trump White House will plead guilty to accepting an illegal campaign contribution, according to court filings. Federal prosecutors on Friday charged Lynda Bennett for knowingly accepting a $25,000 campaign contribution from a relative that was made in…

4 months ago·Washington, United States

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Trump- and Meadows-backed House candidate agrees to plead guilty to accepting illegal campaign contribution

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Lynda Bennett, who was backed by then-President Donald Trump and Mark Meadows in her run for the latter’s former House seat in North Carolina, has agreed to plead guilty to accepting an illegal campaign contribution during the 2020 primary election cycle, court filings show. Bennett accepted an illegal campaign contribution from a family member for $25,000 in 2019, prosecutors said. The family member …

4 months ago·Panama City, United States

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Raw Story

Family friend of Mark Meadows charged for accepting illegal campaign contribution

A family friend of former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has been charged with accepting an illegal campaign contribution, Politico reports. Lynda Bennett, who ran a failed in a 2020 primary campaign against Madison Cawthorn, accepted a $25,000 contribution from a family member which was given “in the name of another person."From Politico: "It’s unclear if Bennett has agreed to plead guilty to the felony charge, but the form of th…

4 months ago·United States

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Political Wire

Meadows Ally Faces Campaign Finance Charge

“A family friend of Mark Meadows has been charged with accepting an illegal campaign contribution during an ill-fated 2020 run to succeed the former Trump White House chief of staff in Congress,” Politico reports. “

4 months ago·New York, United States

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