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Rivera, who represented a Miami-area district from 2011 to 2013, was detained in Georgia on Wednesday in connection with a Miami grand jury indictment issued last month.
Former Florida congressman fined $456,000 for propping up a ringer candidate Judge Marcia Cooke said Riveraâs violations were knowing, willful and injured the public. Â Â In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo, Republican David Rivera speaks to supporters in Coral Gables, Fla. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that former U.S. Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., violated campaign finance law when he funneled $75,927 in campaign money to a novice political candidate running against Riveraâs likely Democratic challenger in Floridaâs 26th Congressional District â and ordered Rivera to pa...
February 23, 2021 - 4:08 PM MIAMI - A federal judge ordered a former Florida Republican congressman on Tuesday to pay $456,000 for secretly funneling thousands of dollars to a little-known Democratic candidate in 2012 to try to weaken a political rival. U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke sided with the Federal Election Commission in its civil case against ex-Rep. David Rivera. The FEC had claimed that Rivera secretly and illegally contributed nearly $76,000 to Justin Sternad in an attempt to weaken the rival Democratic campaign of Joe Garcia, who eventually won the Miami-area...
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge ordered a former Florida Republican congressman on Tuesday to pay $456,000 for secretly funneling thousands of dollars to a littl
A federal judge ordered a former South Florida Republican congressman on Tuesday to pay $456,000 for secretly funneling thousands of dollars to a little-known...