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The FEC did review and flag Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke’s campaign contributions in 2018, but the language in a Facebook post suggests he was charged with a crime. That's not true. The FEC only has civil jurisdiction.

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FEC did review and flag O’Rourke’s campaign contributions in 2018, but the language in this post suggests he was charged with a crime. And that’s not what happened. PolitiFact Texas reached out to the current O'Rourke campaign. Chris Evans, communications director, wrote,"No, the FEC did not charge Beto or our senate campaign for illegal campaign contributions."

Evans noted the FEC conducts reviews of finance reports and routinely requests additional details from campaigns."In this case, the FEC asked a common question about a few donations from individuals with foreign addresses and contributions exceeding the federal limit," Evans said."The donations that had foreign addresses attached to them were made by U.S. citizens who were living overseas at the time, which is permissible.

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