Gratefully borrowed from Political Correction, a project of Media Matters Action Network. Originally published March 04, 2011:
Political Correction has previously reported on Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s (R) extensive work as the lawyer for the anti-immigration movement. Today, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports that a Federal Election Commission audit of the Kansas GOP found “mismanagement by Kobach and his staff” involving “$52,000 in illegal contributions” to the party:
The Federal Elections Commission is convinced the Kansas Republican Party violated campaign finance law while Secretary of State Kris Kobach led the statewide political organization, officials said Friday. […]
FEC investigators examined Kansas GOP financial records for more than a year to determine extent of mismanagement by Kobach and his staff involved in party business affairs during 2007 and 2008.
The commission determined former top officials of the state Republican Party misstated contributions and expenditures, accepted $52,000 in illegal contributions from businesses and failed to appropriately disclose $104,000 in expenditures on behalf of Kansas delegates at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis.
At one point, the state GOP failed to pay state and federal taxes.
Read more on Kris Kobach at Political Correction.