As you may remember, the Associated Press reported in November that Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Candidate John Fetterman missed the deadline to file his personal financial disclosure.
Despite brushing off his negligence as an oversight, it is being reported today that nearly one month later, John Fetterman still hasn’t filed his personal financial disclosure.
In fact, Fetterman’s PFD is so late that he may need to pay an $11,000 civil penalty.
What is John Fetterman hiding?
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Pennsylvania Dem John Fetterman Still Has Not Filed Required Financial Disclosure
Washington Free Beacon
When Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman failed to file the financial disclosure form required for all Senate candidates, he described it as an honest oversight that would be corrected in a few days.
Three weeks later, the Senate still has received nothing from the Fetterman campaign, according to the Senate’s online database of financial disclosure forms. The Senate’s office of public records confirmed that it has received nothing from the Fetterman campaign.
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The Senate Ethics Committee does not discuss individual cases, but its website makes clear that candidate reports are due within 30 days after becoming a candidate for nomination.
The Senate received Fetterman’s statement of candidacy form on Sept. 10, which would set the due date for his disclosure form Oct. 10.
The Senate ethics manual explains that a 30-day grace period is given before fines are issued. That grace period would have ended Nov. 9. Any filing submitted past the grace period must be submitted with a $200 fine unless the committee decides to waive the penalty.
Although that fine is small, if it is determined that a candidate “knowingly and willfully” fails to file, the Ethics in Government Act authorizes the Department of Justice to take over and seek out a $11,000 civil penalty against the candidate.
The Fetterman campaign did not respond to a request for an explanation as to why the disclosure has not been filed and has been silent on the issue.
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Fetterman’s financial situation is a mystery. This is the small-town mayor’s first run for a major public office, so all that is known to date is that he earns $150 per month from the town of Braddock and that his family lives in a converted warehouse built out of shipping containers.
He has admitted to receiving financial support from his parents to keep up his family’s middle-class lifestyle, though it is unknown what exactly that support entails.
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