{"id":3843,"date":"2025-10-30T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyonesdiary.com\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:30:44","slug":"mamdani-referred-to-doj-for-criminal-charges-over-alleged-foreign-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyonesdiary.com\/?p=3843","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani Referred to DOJ For Criminal Charges Over Alleged Foreign Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"305\">New York City mayoral frontrunner <strong data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"152\">Zohran Mamdani<\/strong> faces two criminal referrals filed Tuesday by the <strong data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"233\">Coolidge Reagan Foundation<\/strong>, which accuses his campaign of accepting <em data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"302\">illegal foreign donations<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"711\">The referrals, sent to the <strong data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"364\">U.S. Department of Justice<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"412\">Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg<\/strong>, cite potential violations of the <strong data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"480\">Federal Election Campaign Act<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"511\">New York Election Code<\/strong>. According to the filings, Mamdani\u2019s campaign allegedly received nearly <strong data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"595\">$13,000<\/strong> from at least <strong data-start=\"610\" data-end=\"624\">170 donors<\/strong> with non-U.S. addresses, including one contribution from his mother-in-law in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"1007\">Foundation president <strong data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"748\">Dan Backer<\/strong> called it \u201ca sustained pattern of foreign money flowing into a New York City mayoral race,\u201d insisting the campaign ignored repeated warnings. The group has previously targeted Democratic figures such as <strong data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"980\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"985\" data-end=\"1004\">Hillary Clinton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1323\">Under federal law, it is illegal to accept contributions from <em data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1090\">foreign nationals<\/em> in any election. Individuals who knowingly do so may face fines or imprisonment. Although Mamdani\u2019s campaign refunded several questionable donations, watchdogs claim at least <strong data-start=\"1266\" data-end=\"1302\">88 contributions totaling $7,190<\/strong> remain unreturned.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1584\">Campaign spokesperson <strong data-start=\"1347\" data-end=\"1361\">Dora Pekec<\/strong> responded that some donors with overseas addresses are <strong data-start=\"1417\" data-end=\"1457\">U.S. citizens or permanent residents<\/strong>, which is legal. She said the campaign has \u201ca rigorous compliance process\u201d and will promptly refund any impermissible funds.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1586\" data-end=\"1774\">The campaign has raised roughly <strong data-start=\"1618\" data-end=\"1632\">$4 million<\/strong> privately and <strong data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1664\">$12.7 million<\/strong> in public matching funds, leaving <strong data-start=\"1699\" data-end=\"1715\">$6.1 million<\/strong> cash on hand with less than a month before Election Day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1776\" data-end=\"1976\">The allegations arrive as Mamdani\u2014an avowed socialist leading the polls\u2014faces growing scrutiny over campaign ethics and donor vetting, with federal and local authorities now reviewing the referrals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani faces two criminal referrals filed Tuesday by the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, which accuses his campaign of accepting illegal foreign donations&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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