Speaker Chopp pays fine, Senator Hunt just whines
Last week, Democrat Speaker of the Washington State House Frank Chopp paid $6,469 in fines and court costs to the state for a variety of campaign finance laws broken mostly during his uncontested election...
Thurston County Democratic Party sued by Attorney General for financial violations
On Monday afternoon at 4:34 pm, the Washington State Attorney General filed a civil lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court against the Thurston County Democratic Central Committee for a variety of campaign finance violations....
Failed Democrat candidate Purcell fights Washington Attorney General, claims campaign finance laws are illegal
Theresa Purcell failed to win her race for the Washington State Legislature (19th District) in 2016. Her defeat by Representative Jim Walsh, the first Republican to be elected in this district since World War...
Both failed Democrat candidates for county commission violated laws and are sued by Attorney...
Both Democrat candidates for Thurston County Commissioner seats last year are now under formal investigation and litigation by the Washington State Attorney General’s office. Last Friday, at 4:53pm a lawsuit was filed in Thurston...
Attorney General sues Democrat Senator Sam Hunt for violating campaign finance laws
On Friday, at 4:56pm , Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court against Democrat Senator Sam Hunt (22nd Legislative District, Olympia) and his candidate's authorized campaign committee for...
Attorney General sues Democrat House Speaker Frank Chopp for campaign violations
On Friday at 4:53pm, Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against Washington State Democrat Speaker of the House Frank Chopp in Thurston County Superior Court for a variety of campaign finance...
Jay Manning fined $4,800 by Attorney General for violating disclosure laws
In a rapid settlement last Friday, Jay Manning was fined $4,812.50 by Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson last week. A press release was issued Monday by the Attorney General announcing the fine and...
Former Chief of Staff Jay Manning busted by Attorney General for hiding financial documents
Jay Manning, JZ Knight’s SuperPAC Director was finally busted for one of his many violations of Washington State’s campaign finance laws this last election. As former Director of the Department of Ecology and former...
Jay Manning skates away from transparency, thanks Public Disclosure Commission
Last week, the Public Disclosure Commission allowed Jay Manning to avoid transparency and scrutiny once again, but he was not able to entirely avoid the truth.
As we have discussed recently, Jay Manning is a...
Can political insiders violate campaign finance laws with no consequences?
Jay Manning is the consummate Washington State political insider. He was the former Director of the Department of Ecology before he became Governor Gregoire’s Chief of Staff for two years. Jay currently sits on...
