Feds: Sentence for Maine mogul should be example for political donors

[jpak]

http://bangordailynews.com/2017/05/22/politics/feds-sentence-for-maine-mogul-should-be-example-for-political-donors/

PORTLAND, Maine — Federal prosecutors will recommend that prominent developer and entrepreneur Michael Liberty serve six months in jail or under home arrest for illegally masking $22,500 donations to a presidential campaign.

Liberty, 56, earlier this year pleaded guilty to making $22,500 in illegal campaign contributions, which court documents indicate benefited Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign.

In a sentencing memo filed Monday, federal prosecutors wrote that Liberty’s sentence and possible minimum fine of $67,500 should serve as an example of the crime they said is typically hard to prove.

“[W]hile the defendant himself is unlikely to orchestrate a conduit-contribution scheme in the future, the sentence should promote general deterrence so other sophisticated political fundraisers are dissuaded from engaging in such conduct,” the memo states. “In the government’s view, a sentence at the bottom of the guideline range would both promote respect for the law and further the need for deterrence.”

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[SticksnStones]

1. For reals his name is Liberty?

[jpak]

2. Yup and he's a prime asshole

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[SticksnStones]

3. And down he goes. A blow to Liberty...the guy, not the ideal