The secret to Bernie’s success is fraudulent contributions? Could be. . .

The FEC is asking the Sanders campaign to explain 69 pages worth of questionable contributions:

1/ The @FEC is asking the @BernieSanders campaign to address what it says are 69 pages worth of suspected "excessive," "prohibited" or "impermissible" contributions https://t.co/i3Q0TJONeq — Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) August 29, 2019

And, yes, 69 pages is a lot:

2/ While it's not uncommon for the @FEC to flag presidential candidates for such accounting issues, particularly those campaigns that raise a ton of money, 69 pages is a lot. — Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) August 29, 2019

Bernie had a similar problem in 2016:

But that’s not how it works in reality In 2016 Bernie had 639 pages of FEC violations because of overages & foreign donations. It was unprecedented. But that never grabbed headlines. His crafted narrative abt small donors stuck & the rest was overlooked https://t.co/VAwVSbjKF1 — JAM (@Eviljohna) August 27, 2019

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But that’s not how it works in reality In 2016 Bernie had 639 pages of FEC violations because of overages & foreign donations. It was unprecedented. But that never grabbed headlines. His crafted narrative abt small donors stuck & the rest was overlooked https://t.co/VAwVSbjKF1 — JAM (@Eviljohna) August 27, 2019