POLITICS 88 : CAMPAIGN ’88 : Matching Funds for LaRouche Advised
The Federal Election Commission’s legal staff recommended Wednesday that extremist presidential candidate Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. be certified to get campaign matching funds--a recommendation FEC auditors had opposed.
The six-member FEC is scheduled to discuss the matter at its weekly meeting today and four of the six commissioners must support LaRouche’s request for him to be certified.
LaRouche, running this year as a Democrat, and several associates are on trial in Boston on federal charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors claim they plotted to block a grand jury probe into an alleged credit card scheme to raise money for LaRouche’s unsuccessful 1984 presidential campaign.
The FEC legal staff noted Wednesday that its survey of LaRouche contributors found a significant number had given money without realizing where their contributions were going.
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