Bachmann must pay $8,000 for a civil penalty in the 2010 election cycle. FEC fines Bachmann campaign

Rep. Michele Bachmann is not running for re-election, but the Minnesota Republican’s House campaign committee will have to pay the Federal Election Commission $8,000 in fines.

The fines are a civil penalty for failing to disclose $208,502 in contributions and $206,499 in spending during the 2010 election cycle, new reports filed this week show.


Bachmann’s campaign committee also agreed to send a representative to a FEC conference and have an external compliance firm review its 2013 and 2014 filings in an effort to avoid similar errors in the future.

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Although the filing was posted this week, the FEC accepted the conciliation agreement on April 18 — a month before Bachmann announced her intention not to seek reelection. That announcement will not alter the fine or agreement, the FEC confirmed.

Bachmann still faces an investigation into alleged campaign finance violations during her 2012 presidential run.

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