canadian billionaire fined almost $1,000,000 for violating foreign nationals' donation rules

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The Federal Election Commission fined Barry Zekelman, a Canadian steel executive, and two of his companies $975,000 for directing $1.75 million to the Trump-aligned America First Action, 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 Zekelman used his companies to direct the money to the super PAC in hopes of influencing Trump's tariff's on steel imports.

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the president of the Pennsylvanian-based pipe manufacturing company that made the donation answers to Zekelman; the pip company is a subsidiary of Zekelman Industries.