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海伦娜,蒙大拿(美联社)——蒙大拿州选举执法人员表示,他没有发现任何证据表明该州总检察长邀请另一名共和党人与他竞选,以便为他的连任竞选筹集更多资金,从而违反了竞选财务规则。
Montana's top political cop on Thursday said he found no evidence that the state's attorney general violated Montana campaign finance laws in recruiting a primary challenger so he could raise more campaign cash.
蒙大拿州最高政治警察周四表示,他没有发现任何证据表明该州总检察长在招募初选挑战者以筹集更多竞选资金时违反了蒙大拿州竞选财务法。
The complaint, filed by Sheila Hogan, executive director of the Montana Democratic Party, came after both men acknowledged that Knudsen urged Olson to run against him.
蒙大拿州民主党执行董事希拉·霍根 (Sheila Hogan) 提起诉讼,此前两人都承认克努森敦促奥尔森与他竞选。
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Knudsen has said he recruited Olson “because our campaign laws are ridiculous." Olson told the Daniels County Leader that he supported Knudsen's candidacy and was running so Knudsen could raise more money.
克努森表示,他招募奥尔森“是因为我们的竞选法律很荒谬。”奥尔森告诉丹尼尔斯县领导人,他支持克努森的候选资格并参加竞选,以便克努森可以筹集更多资金。
The campaign contribution limit for the attorney general’s race in Montana is $790 by law, but candidates can receive twice that from individuals if they have a primary opponent.
根据法律,蒙大拿州总检察长竞选的竞选捐款限额为 790 美元,但如果候选人有主要对手,他们可以从个人那里获得两倍的捐款。
In the last three decades, both Democratic and Republican candidates have had token primary challengers, Commissioner of Political Practices Chris Gallus found, but no complaints have been filed and the Legislature has not moved to change the law.
政治实践专员克里斯·加勒斯发现,在过去三十年中,民主党和共和党候选人都有象征性的初选挑战者,但没有提出投诉,立法机关也没有采取行动修改法律。
“The difference between the situation here, and those using the loophole now and in previous campaigns, is that the Attorney General has rather brazenly and publicly discussed doing what others have quietly done for years," Gallus wrote in his decision Thursday.
加卢斯在周四的决定中写道:“这里的情况与现在和以前的竞选活动中利用漏洞的人之间的区别在于,司法部长相当厚颜无耻地公开讨论做其他人多年来悄悄做的事情。”
Jake Eaton, senior campaign adviser for Knudsen, said in a statement Friday the case had been brought to its “rightful” close.
克努森的高级竞选顾问杰克·伊顿在周五的一份声明中表示,此案已“合法”结束。
“Such political stunts have no place in Montana politics," Eaton said.
“这种政治噱头在蒙大拿州政治中没有立足之地,”伊顿说。
Hogan said she disagreed with Gallus' decision to dismiss the case. She said in a statement that Knudsen and Olson “clearly schemed to violate Montana’s election laws, which is consistent with the corrupt and unethical behavior Knudsen continues to demonstrate as Attorney General.”
霍根表示,她不同意加鲁斯驳回此案的决定。她在一份声明中表示,克努森和奥尔森“显然计划违反蒙大拿州的选举法,这与克努森作为司法部长继续表现出的腐败和不道德行为是一致的。”
Knudsen is facing 41 counts of professional misconduct on allegations his office tried to undermine the Montana Supreme Court while defending a challenge to a state law about judicial nominations. The case is scheduled to be heard in October.
克努森面临 41 项职业不当行为指控,指控他的办公室在为针对司法提名州法律的挑战辩护时试图破坏蒙大拿州最高法院。此案定于十月开庭审理。
Hogan's complaint argued Knudsen was wrong to accept campaign donations for both the primary and general elections before he had a primary challenger. But Gallus said there is no law that says candidates cannot accept contributions before they have an opponent. He said other candidates have done the same and returned excess donations if they did not end up with a contested primary.
霍根的投诉称,克努森在有初选挑战者之前接受初选和大选的竞选捐款是错误的。但加卢斯表示,没有法律规定候选人在没有对手之前不能接受捐款。他说,其他候选人也做了同样的事情,如果他们最终没有进入有争议的初选,就会退还多余的捐款。
Hogan's complaint also argued Olson was not a good faith candidate, which under state law would mean he did not have an intent to seek the office or had been offered a bribe to run. Gallus said that would be an issue for the courts.
霍根的投诉还认为奥尔森不是一个善意的候选人,根据州法律,这意味着他无意寻求这个职位,或者曾被贿赂竞选。加卢斯表示,这将成为法院的一个问题。
“There is simply no evidence whatsoever in the complaint or on the record here that shows a payment or promise of valuable consideration was provided by Attorney General Knudsen, or a surrogate of his campaign, to Mr. Olson,” Gallus added. Olson also said he was genuinely seeking the office, the decision stated.
加鲁斯补充道:“投诉中或此处的记录中根本没有任何证据表明总检察长克努森或其竞选代理人向奥尔森先生支付了款项或承诺提供有价值的对价。”决定称,奥尔森还表示,他真诚地寻求这个职位。
Knudsen beat Olson 82% to 18% in the June primary and will face Democratic candidate Ben Alke in the general election.
克努森在 6 月份的初选中以 82% 比 18% 击败奥尔森,并将在大选中面对民主党候选人本·阿尔克。
Gallus did find one issue with Olson's run.
加卢斯确实发现了奥尔森的跑步存在一个问题。
A third party — Republican operative Chuck Denowh — paid Olson's filing fee of just over $1,500. Olson reported the payment as a campaign debt rather than a contribution or a loan, which would have been capped at the $790 limit for the primary, Gallus said. Denowh donated the maximum of $1,580 to Knudsen's campaign.
第三方——共和党特工 Chuck Denowh——向奥尔森支付了 1,500 多美元的申请费。加鲁斯说,奥尔森将这笔付款报告为竞选债务,而不是捐款或贷款,初选的上限为 790 美元。 Denowh 向克努森的竞选活动捐赠了最多 1,580 美元。
Gallus said he would normally turn the campaign finance case against Olson over to his local county attorney for prosecution, but since Olson is the Daniels County attorney, Gallus said he will negotiate a fine with Olson.
加卢斯表示,他通常会将针对奥尔森的竞选财务案件移交给当地县检察官起诉,但由于奥尔森是丹尼尔斯县检察官,加卢斯表示他将与奥尔森协商罚款。
Olson did not immediately respond to a phone message Friday seeking comment.
奥尔森周五没有立即回复寻求置评的电话留言。
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