Jeb Bush super PAC, Chinese company fined for US poll campaign violations

America's federal election commission has imposed a record fine on a Chinese-owned company and a super PAC of the former presidential aspirant Jeb Bush for alleged campaign finance violations, a watchdog that had filed a complaint in this regard said Monday.

Following a complaint by Campaign Legal Center or CLC, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) fined American Pacific International Capital, Inc. (APIC) USD 550,000 for violating the foreign national contribution ban.

It also fined the pro-Jeb Bush super political action commitee (PAC) "Right to Rise" with USD 390,000 for soliciting a foreign national contribution, the CLC said. Jeb Bush is former Governor of Florida and 2016 Republican presidential candidate.

CLC's complaint cites the bombshell report by The Intercept in August 2016 that laid out smoking-gun evidence of the violation: the president of the Chinese-owned, California-based corporation admitted that he directed the corporation's contributions, which totaled USD 1.3 ...