Va. political operative pleads guilty to coordinating campaign contributions

Va. political operative pleads guilty to coordinating campaign contributions

February 12, 2015, The Washington Post

Covington's Tony Herman is quoted regarding Tyler Harber, a Republican political operative pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally directing a political action committee to buy ads to help a congressional candidate whose campaign he managed. 

“The prudent course here is for candidates and campaign managers to take it as a signal,” said Tony Herman, a former general counsel for the Federal Election Commission who is now in private practice at Covington & Burling. “I do think it should be taken as a message to them to redouble their efforts to make sure they’re not running afoul of the coordination prohibitions in the Federal Election Campaign Act.”