The Vermont Attorney General's office has settled a lawsuit with a former lieutenant governor candidate who allegedly took advantage of a mass email from the state Democratic Party in violation of campaign finance rules.
The settlement announced Tuesday will have Dean Corren pay $255, the estimated value of the in-kind contribution for the emails, to charity.
The attorney general's office filed suit against Corren in 2015 alleging that by having the mass email sent on his behalf during his 2014 campaign, Corren violated campaign finance law because he had accepted more than $180,000 in public money for his campaign under the Progressive and Democratic party banners.
The state had sought $72,000.
In a statement, Corren said he had offered multiple times to pay for the value of the email.
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