Read more Federal Election Law stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12019/federal-election-law.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 21 May 2012 08:47:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27692/mccain-ousts-consultant-over-conflict-of-interest.htmlKevin Spak<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=104872&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401013007' border='0' />The McCain campaign gave the boot to veteran conservative consultant yesterday after it came to light that he also was a paid consultant for a tax-exempt political group designed to attack Democratic candidates, Politico reports. The campaign says it never coordinated its activities with the so-called 527 group—which would...Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., pauses while speaking at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, May 15, 2008. http://www.newser.com/story/27692/mccain-ousts-consultant-over-conflict-of-interest.htmlFri, 16 May 2008 10:35:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22724/feds-indict-puerto-rican-governor-in-finance-probe.htmlKevin Spak<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=88095&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401015754' border='0' />Puerto Rican Gov.Anibal Acevedo Vila was indicted today on 19 counts, including election fraud and conspiracy to violate federal campaign-finance laws, the AP reports. Vila and 12 associates are accused of breaking rules in financing the 2000 campaign that saw Vila elected the territory's Washington rep. Vila says the...Puerto Rico's Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila delivers the annual State of the Territory speech in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in this Tuesday, March 6, 2007 file photo.http://www.newser.com/story/22724/feds-indict-puerto-rican-governor-in-finance-probe.htmlThu, 27 Mar 2008 11:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/7917/hsu-swindled-investors-of-60m-feds.htmlJohn Johnson<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=29206&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401031906' border='0' />Businessman Norman Hsu swindled $60 million from investors across the country and made illegal campaign contributions to Hillary Clinton and others, federal prosecutors say. In a criminal complaint unsealed in Manhattan yesterday, the feds say Hsu broke US election law by reimbursing some of the political donors who participated in...Norman Hsu prepares to surrender as he arrives at a San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. The saga of the scandal-plagued Democratic fundraiser with ties to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton took another strange twist after he mailed a suicide note last week to a legal organization. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)http://www.newser.com/story/7917/hsu-swindled-investors-of-60m-feds.htmlFri, 21 Sep 2007 03:19:02 CDT