According to a new report, based on a complaint to the FEC, 2020 Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders is breaking federal election law with this campaign for president.
The report accuses Sanders of illegally employing foreign nationals in the high levels of his campaign and accepting contributions from them. In one case, the foreign national is also an illegal protected by DACA.
Here’s more from Free Beacon:
The Bernie Sanders presidential campaign is violating federal election law by employing foreign nationals in advisory campaign positions, according to a newly filed complaint to the Federal Election Commission obtained exclusively by the 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.
“Senator Sanders and Bernie 2020 is permitting a foreign national, Ms. Sisa, to serve in an advisory position which allows her to directly or indirectly participate in the decision-making process of persons with regard to election-related activities in violation of FEC regulations,” it argues.
This isn’t the first time Sisa has been employed by Bernie:
The complaint also points to the 2016 campaign, which employed Sisa as well as two other foreign nationals, Erika Andiola and Cesar Vargas, in advisory campaign positions, it says.
“There is reason to believe, having previously employed Ms. Sisa, that Bernie 2020 is currently, and knowingly, permitting a ‘foreign national’ … to directly or indirectly participate in the decision-making process of persons with regard to the election-related activities of Bernie 2020.”
The complaint calls for an “immediate investigation” of both campaigns and for action to be taken to halt the violations.
Fox News ran a story earlier this month that suggested that Sisa, an illegal, wouldn’t be able to vote for Bernie in 2020 even though she’s employed by Bernie.
Well apparently it worse than that and Bernie’s gonna have to fire her or move her to an absolutely non-influential position.
You’d think a sitting Senator would know that he can’t just hire an illegal into a position like this. Or perhaps, as the complaint suggests, he does know and doesn’t care.