These final days of the campaign before Virginians head to the polls on Election Day really are not looking good for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. As Alana Goodman reported on Saturday for the Washington Free Beacon, citing a copy of the filing that the outlet obtained, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is asking the FEC to “promptly investigate” if a $350,000 donation that McAuliffe received violated federal laws about campaigns being prohibited from accepting donations from foreign nationals.
As Goodman explained about the donation: LycaTel LLC, owned by Sri Lankan-British national Allirajah Subaskaran, gave McAuliffe $350,000 in July, the Free Beacon first reported in early October. The company is a New Jersey subsidiary of Subaskaran’s U.K.-based telecom conglomerate, which boasts a complicated web of offshore businesses and has been the subject of tax-fraud and money-laundering charges in France.
Goodman also quoted several experts in her reporting. “Terry McAuliffe has a history of accepting foreign contributions. The FEC must fully investigate these serious charges that he accepted $350,000 in illegal foreign contributions for his current campaign,” said Paul Kamenar, counsel to NLPC, who drafted and filed the complaint.
