Schock wants campaign finance charges dropped

Former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.), who has been indicted on two-dozen fraud-related charges, wants a federal court to dismiss five counts on the falsifying of campaign finance records.

His lawyers at McGuireWoods argue that the charges infringe on his constitutional rights, including rights to due process, by using an anti-obstruction law to prosecute him for the alleged falsification of campaign expenses.

As a candidate and member of Congress, Schock “caused less than two handfuls of false entries to be made among hundreds in the records of certain political committees and among the scores of the disclosure reports that those committees filed with the {Federal Election Commission} in the ordinary course of business,” his lawyers wrote in a court filing late last week.

Schock's legal team says that the Justice Department has been attempting to play in a “gotcha game” by “inventing” reporting requirements “after the fact.”

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