Wow! Hu? And more wow!
Are they nuts?
Thanks, this is the first time I heard of this crappola.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Vieni" <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 4:06 PM
Subject: [blind-democracy] Clinton Group Files Ethics Charges Against
Sanders ... Over Fundraising
Excessive individual contributions? What, only contributions from Goldman
Sacks are OK?
Miriam
Seitz-Wald writes: "A group founded by Hillary Clinton ally David Brock
filed three complaints with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday against
the Bernie Sanders' campaign and two allied outside groups."
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks at a
campaign rally at the Alliant Energy Center on March 26, 2016 in Madison,
Wisconsin. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Clinton Group Files Ethics Charges Against Sanders ... Over Fundraising
By Alex Seitz-Wald, MSNBC
30 March 16
A group founded by Hillary Clinton ally David Brock filed three complaints
with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday against the Bernie Sanders'
campaign and two allied outside groups.
One complaint from the American Democracy Legal Fund alleges Sanders'
campaign accepted more money from individual donors than allowed under
federal law. Another accuses the campaign of failing to include proper
disclosure on a Facebook ad it ran after the New Hampshire primary. The
third claims a pro-Sanders super PAC has improperly using Sanders' name, and
also alleges illegal coordination.
The FEC has previously warned Sanders about excessive contributions. But
with the FEC perpetually deadlocked, these kinds of complaints often go
nowhere, and sometimes are used more to generate news coverage than actual
enforcement action.
The Sanders campaign rejected the complaints, noting that Clinton aides have
spent much this week complaining he has been too aggressive in confronting
Clinton.
"Just one day after the Clinton campaign said we needed to change our tone,
the leaders of their coordinated super PAC, which is funded by millions from
Wall Street, filed baseless and frivolous complaints with the FEC. Tells you
all you need to know," Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told MSNBC.
Brock founded the ADLF in 2014 to essentially weaponize the political ethics
process against opponents. But it's always been used against Republicans -
this is the first time the ADLF has filed a complaint against a Democrat.
The group's co-founder is Brad Woodhouse, who is also the president of the
super PAC Correct the Record, which coordinates directly with the Clinton
campaign though a novel legal arrangement.
Brock's sharp elbows in dealing with Sanders have provoked the ire of
Clinton aides on several occasions. Sanders has raised millions of dollars
by invoking Brock's attacks to supporters. His camp believes Clinton
officials' private-but-noisy complaints about Brock are just cover so they
have plausible deniability while he does the wetwork.
If the complaints do lead to FEC action, however, it could undermine two of
Sanders' biggest strengths: His perception of honesty and status as a
campaign finance crusader.
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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks at a
campaign rally at the Alliant Energy Center on March 26, 2016 in Madison,
Wisconsin. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/david-brock-group-hits-bernie-sanders-ethics-comp
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Clinton Group Files Ethics Charges Against Sanders ... Over Fundraising
By Alex Seitz-Wald, MSNBC
30 March 16
group founded by Hillary Clinton ally David Brock filed three complaints
with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday against the Bernie Sanders'
campaign and two allied outside groups.
One complaint from the American Democracy Legal Fund alleges Sanders'
campaign accepted more money from individual donors than allowed under
federal law. Another accuses the campaign of failing to include proper
disclosure on a Facebook ad it ran after the New Hampshire primary. The
third claims a pro-Sanders super PAC has improperly using Sanders' name, and
also alleges illegal coordination.
The FEC has previously warned Sanders about excessive contributions. But
with the FEC perpetually deadlocked, these kinds of complaints often go
nowhere, and sometimes are used more to generate news coverage than actual
enforcement action.
The Sanders campaign rejected the complaints, noting that Clinton aides have
spent much this week complaining he has been too aggressive in confronting
Clinton.
"Just one day after the Clinton campaign said we needed to change our tone,
the leaders of their coordinated super PAC, which is funded by millions from
Wall Street, filed baseless and frivolous complaints with the FEC. Tells you
all you need to know," Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told MSNBC.
Brock founded the ADLF in 2014 to essentially weaponize the political ethics
process against opponents. But it's always been used against Republicans -
this is the first time the ADLF has filed a complaint against a Democrat.
The group's co-founder is Brad Woodhouse, who is also the president of the
super PAC Correct the Record, which coordinates directly with the Clinton
campaign though a novel legal arrangement.
Brock's sharp elbows in dealing with Sanders have provoked the ire of
Clinton aides on several occasions. Sanders has raised millions of dollars
by invoking Brock's attacks to supporters. His camp believes Clinton
officials' private-but-noisy complaints about Brock are just cover so they
have plausible deniability while he does the wetwork.
If the complaints do lead to FEC action, however, it could undermine two of
Sanders' biggest strengths: His perception of honesty and status as a
campaign finance crusader.
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