Former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock signed an agreement to pay the Federal Election Commission $10,000 stemming from his soliciting cash in an amount exceeding federal limits for a super PAC in 2012.
The Illinois congressman resigned in disgrace in 2015 after questions surrounding a deluge of questions about his potential misuse of public funds that spawned from his remodeling his office in the image of Downton Abbey.
The FEC’s fine is not related to federal prosecutors’ probe of Schock’s use of his House and political funds, the Chicago Sun-Times noted.
Schock drew a fine from the FEC for his efforts to boost another Illinois GOP congressman, Adam Kinzinger, in a 2012 GOP primary battle. Schock solicited a $25,000 donation — in excess of a $5,000 limit — from former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor before Kinzinger’s primary. Public finance watchdogs the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 filed a complaint in 2012, and the FEC secured the $10,000 civil penalty as a result.
The Campaign Legal Center published the FEC’s agreement with Schock online.
