Trump-backed Senate candidate Herschel Walker flagged for campaign money errors

• The FEC has asked the Walker campaign to correct several accounting errors and anomalies.
• Walker, a former NFL star who has Donald Trump's support, has a massive fundraising haul.

The Federal Election Commission has flagged Republican Herschel Walker's US Senate campaign for accounting and other reporting errors in its latest financial filing.

The errors included the Walker campaign accepting donations in excess of the $2,900 legal donation limit, according to a letter the FEC sent Thursday to the campaign. The letter lists excessive contributions from 17 people, including one donor who contributed $23,200 and another who contributed $11,600.

The FEC also told Walker's campaign that it appears to have taken donations from several corporate entities, which isn't permitted unless they've set up a separate political fund.

The Walker campaign, which has until April 21 to formally respond to the FEC, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Former President Donald Trump convinced Walker, a former NFL star, to run for the Senate seat currently occupied by Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. The Senate seat is considered key for Republicans in November as they work toward a majority in November.

It's fairly typical for the FEC to send warning letters to congressional and presidential campaigns, particularly those that raise a significant amount of money and slip up on various reporting rules and regulations. Warnock's campaign received a 111-page letter in May 2021 over donations that mostly occurred from November 2020 to January 2021.

The FEC's letter to Walker cited a notably large number of errors over a relatively short period of time. Failure to properly address the FEC's concerns could lead to the bipartisan commission auditing or fining the Walker campaign.

The letter doesn't necessarily indicate that the Walker campaign is engaged in illegal activity. But it does ask the campaign to respond to the FEC's concerns and to make fixes or refunds to donors, or otherwise face an audit "or enforcement action."

Walker's campaign had already raised about $10 million as of December 31. The campaign's fundraising for the first three months of 2022 must be disclosed by mid-April.