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pstokely

(10,529 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 11:53 PM Oct 2018

Complaint: Hawley campaign, NRA in "scheme" to evade detection of violations

Source: KOMU

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A complaint filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission accused Josh Hawley's Senate campaign and the National Rifle Association of illegal collaboration.

According to the complaint, Hawley's campaign and the NRA's Political Victory Fund violated the Federal Election Campaign Act by cooperating "in an elaborate scheme designed to evade detection of violations of the [FEC's] common vendor coordination rules."

Specifically, the complaint said "there is reason to believe that the NRA-PVF made illegal, unreported, and excessive in-kind contributions to Josh Hawley for Senate in the form of coordinated communications...in violation of FECA’s source prohibitions, reporting requirements, and contribution limits."

OnMessage, Inc., a strategy firm, allegedly moved the NRA-PFV's funds supporting Hawley through a shell corporation, Starboard Strategic, Inc. The NRA-PVF then apparently placed its pro-Hawley ads using National Media Research and Planning, LLC, at the same time Hawley's campaign used National Media to place its own ads. According to the filing, in at least one case, the ad placements happened on the same day.



Read more: https://www.komu.com/news/complaint-hawley-campaign-nra-in-scheme-to-evade-detection-of-violations

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Complaint: Hawley campaign, NRA in "scheme" to evade detection of violations (Original Post) pstokely Oct 2018 OP
Repugs are total cheaters, criminals and hypocrites. lark Oct 2018 #1
NRA Roubles. lagomorph777 Oct 2018 #2

lark

(23,105 posts)
1. Repugs are total cheaters, criminals and hypocrites.
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 09:19 AM
Oct 2018

EVery one of elected Repugs officials are tainted, there are no good ones or they'd be condemning the person who is sending bombs to Agent Orange Chaos' hit list of enemies. This isn't both sides, hell no, they are trying to kill or frighten any Dem that drumpf has spewed lies about, including a news organization.

Criminal charges need to be filed today along with a stay to pull all their coordinated ads.

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