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Mar 2 2022
Grocery Manufacturers Association apologizes for campaign finance violations, will pay $9 million and drop challenge to Washington campaign finance law
OLYMPIA — As a result of Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s successful campaign finance lawsuit, the former Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), now known as the Consumer Brands Association, will pay $9 million and apologize for its intentional violations of Washington’s campaign finance law. The payment will include a $3 million donation to organizations that address food insecurity in Washington. Food Lifeline and Northwest Harvest will each receive $1.5 million as a result of the resolution.
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Jun 17 2021
AG Ferguson: Google will pay more than $423,000 over repeated violations of Washington campaign finance law
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today Google will pay $423,659.76 to Washington’s Public Disclosure Transparency Account for violating the state’s campaign finance disclosure law, which Washingtonians adopted by initiative in 1972.
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Apr 16 2021
Judge orders Eyman to pay to $2.9M reimburse taxpayers for Attorney General’s costs in campaign finance case
OLYMPIA — A Thurston County Superior Court judge today ordered Tim Eyman to pay nearly $2.9 million in costs and fees related to Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s campaign finance lawsuit.
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Feb 24 2021
AG Ferguson files lawsuit against Google for repeatedly violating Washington campaign finance law
Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a campaign finance lawsuit today against Google for unlawfully failing to maintain key information regarding state political ads that it sold, and failing to provide that information to individuals who requested it.
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Feb 10 2021
AG Ferguson statement on ruling in Tim Eyman campaign finance case
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson offers the following statement on a Thurston County Superior Court decision that Tim Eyman intentionally committed numerous violations of campaign finance law:
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Dec 10 2020
AG Ferguson files amicus brief opposing Texas’s lawsuit to overturn the result of a free and fair election
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today issued the following statement regarding a multistate amicus brief, or “friend of the court” brief, in Texas v. Pennsylvania, Texas’s attempt to throw out the results of the election in four battleground states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin. The states’ brief asks the court to reject Texas’s lawsuit.
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Nov 23 2020
AG, Secretary of State issue joint statement regarding gubernatorial succession in the event of a vacancy
OLYMPIA — In light of recent inquiries from members of the press and public, Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Secretary of State Kim Wyman are jointly providing information about what happens under Washington law if the governor resigns to accept a position in a presidential administration.
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Nov 13 2020
Fact checking Tim Eyman in advance of campaign finance trial
OLYMPIA — On Monday, Nov. 16, the trial over the remaining campaign finance violations alleged against initiative promoter Tim Eyman will begin.
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Nov 9 2020
Court of Appeals unanimously upholds $18M penalty against Grocery Manufacturer’s Association in AG’s campaign finance lawsuit
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Court of Appeals today unanimously upheld the $18 million penalty in Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawsuit against the Grocery Manufacturers Association over its intentional violations of Washington’s campaign finance laws.
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Oct 19 2020
AG Ferguson announces decision to file campaign finance disclosure lawsuit against Google
Attorney General Bob Ferguson released the following statement about his decision to file a second campaign finance disclosure lawsuit against Google:
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