The federal election watchdog said in a letter to the conservative Coolidge Reagan Foundation dated Tuesday that it has fined the DNC $105,000 and Hillary for America $8,000 over reporting payments to an international law firm as “legal expenses” when the money went toward funding research on then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The Steele dossier, named after Christopher Steele, the former British spy who compiled it, contained claims — some of which have either been refuted, debunked, or unproven — concerning alleged ties between the now-former president and Russia.
In the letter, the FEC said it has entered into a conciliation agreement with the DNC and Clinton’s campaign to resolve all allegations against them.
According to the document, the two parties entered into the agreement with the FEC for the the sole purpose of “settling this matter expeditiously and to avoid further legal costs.”
It continues that Clinton’s campaign and the DNC do not concede wrongdoing but will not further contest the commission’s findings.
The Coolidge Reagan Foundation is one of two organizations along with the Campaign Legal Center to file complaints back in 2018 and 2017, respectively, urging the FEC investigate the funding of the dossier.
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