Bernie Sanders’ presidential aspirations took a major hit today after being smacked with a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint about employing foreign nationals. (Washighton Free Beacon)
The complaint points to the employment of three individuals, including Maria Belén Sisa, an illegal immigrant from Argentina who is in the United States under the protections of DACA and has been named deputy national press secretary for Bernie 2020. Sisa, who collected a salary from the Bernie 2016 campaign and also made financial contributions to it, recently made headlines when she questioned whether American Jews, including her own boss Sanders, were loyal to the United States.
Both the work for the campaign and contributions are “direct and serious violations” of federal election law, the complaint argues.
Foreign nationals are prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in the decision-making process of any person with regard to election-related activities, according to the FEC. Included in this group of foreign nationals are all immigrants not lawfully admitted as permanent residents.
The complaint, filed on Thursday afternoon by the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, argues that Sisa’s current position on the campaign, due to its strategic nature, is a clear violation of this prohibition.
Shaun McCutcheon, who filed the complaint on behalf of the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, said foreign national employed on a U.S. presidential campaign should lose their jobs if the FEC deems they were hired in violation of the law.
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