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Watchdog group accuses Ron DeSantis of breaking campaign finance law
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis broke campaign finance law by communicating about TV spending decisions with a big-dollar super PAC supporting his Republican bid for the White House, a nonpartisan government watchdog group alleged in a complaint filed Monday.
The Campaign Legal Center cited recent reporting by The Associated Press and others in the complaint, which was filed with the Federal Election Commission. It alleges that the degree of coordination and communication between DeSantis' campaign and Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting him, crossed a legal line set in place when the Supreme Court first opened the door over a decade ago to the unlimited raising and spending such groups are allowed to do.
“When a super PAC like Never Back Down illegally coordinates its election spending with a candidate’s campaign, the super PAC effectively becomes an arm of the campaign,” said Saurav Ghosh, director of federal campaign finance reform at Campaign Legal Center. “That circumvents federal contribution limits and reporting requirements, and gives the super PAC’s special interest backers, including corporations and ultra-wealthy individuals, a concerning level of influence over elected officials and policymaking.”
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/watchdog-group-desantis-breaking-campaign-finance-law/67-c69e9129-8153-48bd-a4a4-8243f4638454
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