The remnants of Kanye West’s run for president have been haunting the rapper, as news surfaced saying his financial disclosures were rejected by a Federal Ethics Agency.

West allegedly spent $12 million from his own money to fund the campaign, and it was noted by the FEC that West’s campaign violated fundraising practices. Because of that, a government ethics office has refused to approve a financial disclosures form that was submitted by West’s campaign.

The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW) reported that Kanye’s campaign got reviewed for compliance by the Office of Government Ethics. Along with that, the campaign was reviewed for compliance with the Apparent Compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act by the FEC.

The issue with West’s campaign stems from the rapper refusing to mention any of Kim Kardashian’s income or assets. Jordan Libowitz, communications director at CREW, said because there isn’t a law requiring presidential candidates to release tax returns, “the federal disclosure is the only mandated look at a presidential candidate or president's finances. It's really important from a transparency standpoint to know where money is coming into officials or to candidates, as well as to know that it is correct and full.”

On the form filed by the campaign, West claimed that he was exempt from reporting the income of Kardashian and cited a law that said federal candidates can pass on disclosing the income of their spouse if they don’t have knowledge of where the income stems from, and they don’t expect any financial kickback from it. When speaking on the lack of disclosure, Libowitz said, “It'd be different if he left it blank, but claiming an exemption that he didn't qualify for is questionable.” It was noted that none of the issues would lead to penalties or prosecution for West.

source: Business Insider