Initiative promoter Tim Eyman listens during a session of Thurston County Superior Court, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Olympia, Wash. Eyman, who ran initiative campaigns across Washington for decades, will no longer be allowed to have any financial control over political committees, under a ruling from Superior Court Judge James Dixon that blasted Eyman for using donor’s contributions to line his own pocket. Eyman was also told to pay more than $2.5 million in penalties. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
(TACOMA, Wash.) — The $2.6 million fine against initiative promoter Tim Eyman has largely been upheld.
Eyman was fined by a trial court for repeated and willful violations of the Fair Campaign Practices Act. Much of it for illegally using campaign funds for personal gain.
Now, an appellate court has affirmed most of the case against Eyman, which goes back more than a decade. The judges only rejected a single alleged violation, but let the rest stand.
However, they also struck part of the ruling that prohibits Eyman from misleading potential donors and receiving payments from vendors, and ordered the lower court to consider Eyman’s ability to pay the fines against him, and adjust them if necessary.
