News Week reported that US’s Federal Election Commission has fined Canadian steel executive Mr Barry Zekelman and two of his companies Zekelman Industries & Wheatland Tube USD 975,000 for directing USD 1.75 million to former President Mr Donald Trump-aligned America First Action Supr PAC in violation of America's ban on foreign nationals donating to federal elections.The fine stems from a complaint filed in 2019 by Campaign Legal Center, an elections watchdog group that cited reporting from The New York Times. The complaint alleged that Mr Zekelman used his companies to direct the money to the super PAC in hopes of influencing Trump's tariff's on steel imports. Mr Zekelman, CEO of Zekelman Industries, used the company's subsidiary, Wheatland Tube Inc, to make the series of alleged illicit donations in 2018. The available information nevertheless indicates that there is reason to believe that Mr Zekelman, a foreign national, directed or participated in Wheatland Tube's decision-making process to make the contributions, and Zekelman Industries, through the actions of its executives who report to Zekelman, provided substantial assistance in the making of the prohibited contributions
News Week reported that US’s Federal Election Commission has fined Canadian steel executive Mr Barry Zekelman and two of his companies Zekelman Industries & Wheatland Tube USD 975,000 for directing USD 1.75 million to former President Mr Donald Trump-aligned America First Action Supr PAC in violation of America's ban on foreign nationals donating to federal elections.The fine stems from a complaint filed in 2019 by Campaign Legal Center, an elections watchdog group that cited reporting from The New York Times. The complaint alleged that Mr Zekelman used his companies to direct the money to the super PAC in hopes of influencing Trump's tariff's on steel imports. Mr Zekelman, CEO of Zekelman Industries, used the company's subsidiary, Wheatland Tube Inc, to make the series of alleged illicit donations in 2018. The available information nevertheless indicates that there is reason to believe that Mr Zekelman, a foreign national, directed or participated in Wheatland Tube's decision-making process to make the contributions, and Zekelman Industries, through the actions of its executives who report to Zekelman, provided substantial assistance in the making of the prohibited contributions
