NEW: The FEC's general counsel recommended *in 2019* finding that 2016 Trump campaign and RNC violated excessive contribution rules via state-party pass-through scheme.
This is, I think, the first time this FEC document has come to light (it is now 2022!) fec.gov/files/legal/mu…
This is, I think, the first time this FEC document has come to light (it is now 2022!) fec.gov/files/legal/mu…
Using state parties as pass-throughs to avoid contribution limits is a bipartisan affair. Both the Trump campaign and Biden campaign did versions of this in 2020.
But this shows professional staff at FEC think it's a no-no even if commission hasn't cracked down.
But this shows professional staff at FEC think it's a no-no even if commission hasn't cracked down.
Not sure why the document is out no (I've asked!), but the Wyoming Republican Party appears to have settled with FEC in 2021 for $52,000
The FEC had looked into some of these activities from Hillary Clinton and the DNC from 2016, too argusleader.com/story/news/pol…
In 2020, the Trump campaign again did a ton of this — with some state parties not even appearing to know they had received donations (see this @lachlan thread:
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/1381370650305134593)
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