Kobach Earns Campaign Ethics Fine Wrist Slap Over Border Wall E-mail List Pricing

This tidbit isn't too exciting but provides a quick space to cite a truism . . .

Over the years we've noticed that just about every private group that tries to "build the wall" ends badly for participants. Basically, the cash donations seem provide too much temptation for rubes and professional trash talkers.  

For Kobach . . . The smallish beef merely seems to be related to e-mail list costs . . . Check-it . . .

"According to documents, the issue was the $2,000 paid by Kobach’s Senate campaign to rent We Build the Wall’s email list. While Kobach’s campaign initially considered that to be a fair market price, the agreement said, it later conceded that it was below market value, resulting in an illegal campaign contribution from We Build the Wall."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

FEC levies $30K penalty tied to Kobach's 2020 US Senate bid

TOPEKA, Kan. - Incoming Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach agreed to help pay a $30,000 penalty to resolve a federal complaint over the improper use of a group's email list during his unsuccessful 2020 campaign for the U.S. Senate. The Federal Election Commission disclosed Friday that it had approved an agreement with Kobach, his U.S.