2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWAPO article on HRC/DNC fundraising
Here is the original article in the Washington Post regarding Clinton and the DNC's joint fundraising.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-party-fundraising-effort-helps-clinton-find-new-donors-too/2016/02/19/b8535cea-d68f-11e5-b195-2e29a4e13425_story.html?tid=a_inl
Ive never seen anything like this, said Lawrence Noble, a former general counsel of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) who is now with the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center. Joint victory funds are not intended to be separate operating committees that just support a single candidate. But they appear to be turning the traditional notion of a joint committee into a Hillary fundraising committee.
Of the $6.4 million the Hillary Victory Fund spent on operating costs last year, two-thirds went to two Washington, D.C.-area vendors that also work for the Clinton campaign: Bully Pulpit Interactive, which received $1.9 million for online ads, and Chapman Cubine Adams +Hussey, which was paid $2.4 million for direct mail solicitations, Federal Election Commission records show."
So, why is Sanders just now bringing this up? Perhaps they were doing some more research. Perhaps they realized there would be blowback and talk of "sour grapes". Perhaps they wanted to avoid something perceived as negative campaigning.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)...the report included the additional information they needed to file the lawsuit.
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)So tired of the Clinton dishonesty and dirty tricks.
dchill
(38,532 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)and is not walking away.