He appears to be referring to the $375,000 fine against the Obama 2008 campaign over its failure to file 48-hour FEC disclosures for about $1.8 million in donations. It remains the largest FEC fine levied to date https://t.co/Iv6Bl8Q7dt https://t.co/455h7uf6Tq
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) August 22, 2018
The key difference is that the FEC concluded the Obama campaign did not knowingly and willfully violate the law, whereas Cohen admitted to doing so.
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) August 22, 2018
The FEC has flagged nearly 4,000 apparently excessive or impermissible contributions to the Trump campaign https://t.co/k41gbWxb9V
The most flagrant offender, Barbara Jones of Hollywood, FL, donated more than $25,000, nearly 5x the legal limit, in a single week in June pic.twitter.com/sh1cuDsKZD— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) August 17, 2018
In any case, I’m not sure this is a can of worms Trump really wants to open https://t.co/eGwa1GDELv
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) August 22, 2018