Donald F. McGahn II has put together an unlikely resume. A long-time defender of politicians accused of election law violations, he’s now the chairman of the Federal Election Commission, the group charged with enforcing election laws.

A voter turnout group backed by George Soros has been fined by the Federal Election Commission for improper fundraising in the 2004 election.

The now-inactive organization called America Coming Together agreed to pay a $775,000 penalty. According to the FEC announcement, the group failed to properly report expenditures to candidates and failed to meet federal guidelines for administrative expenses.

America Coming Together conducted a major get-out-the-vote campaign in 2004, in an effort to help elect John Kerry.

Former U.S. Sen. Robert G. Torricelli has been dispensing left-over campaign money to causes near and dear to his financial and political interests.

Torricelli left office in 2002, after the Senate Ethics Committee admonished him for accepting gifts from a contributor. According to the New York Times, he then founded a lobbying firm, Rosemont Associates, whose clients include the government of Taiwan and the owner of Cablevision.