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Hennigan to pay $2,000 for campaign violations

Suffolk magistrate fined for political work by her staff

By Colin A. Young and Frank Phillips

 |  Globe Correspondent | Globe Staff  

  April 18, 2012

Suffolk Superior Court Clerk Magistrate Maura Hennigan’s political committee has agreed to pay a $2,000 fine after state campaign finance regulators said her public employees performed political chores in her courthouse office. The Office of Campaign and Political Finance said its investigation determined that employees of the clerk’s office helped prepare envelopes for a Hennigan Committee fundraiser during regular working hours.

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