Campaign laws are different. They require a defendant acted “knowingly and willfully” to violate the law.
Campaign Finance violations that either: (1) do not present knowing and willful violations, or (2) involve sums below the statutory minimums for criminal prosecution, are handled non-criminally by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) under the statute’s civil enforcement provisions.
See 52 U.S.C. § 30109(a).
https://www.justice.gov/criminal/file/1029066/downloadEdited by Spanky at 15:41:25 on 12/12/18