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Weiner Fined $65,000 in Violations for 2013 Mayoral Campaign


weiThe New York City Campaign Finance Board has fined former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner nearly $65,000 for violating election spending rules during his failed 2013 bid for mayor.

Some of the penalties, approved by the board Thursday, were for using campaign funds to pay for regular living expenses, including dry cleaning and personal cellphone service. Other fines covered expenses that the board said were never properly justified as being related to the election, including payments to a consultant after the race had ended.

Weiner’s campaign derailed amid a scandal. He resigned from Congress two years earlier for similar behavior.

He didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.

Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, an aide to 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, left him after he was again caught texting inappropriate messages..

Federal authorities are continuing to investigate Weiner’s scandal.

The Campaign Finance Board also ordered Weiner’s campaign to return $195,000 left in his campaign account. That is considered public money because he had participated in a public financing program during his run for mayor.

(AP)



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