Gardner campaign named in federal complaint alleging NRA violated federal election laws

[jpak]

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/gardner-campaign-named-in-federal-complaint-alleging-nra-violated-federal-election-laws

DENVER – The successful 2014 Senate campaign of Colorado Republican Cory Gardner is named in a new federal election complaint alleging the National Rifle Association violated federal election laws by using a shell corporation to skirt coordination rules.

The complaint, filed by the Washington, D.C.-based Campaign Legal Center, claims that two arms of the NRA were contracting with two different organizations, OnMessage Inc. and Starboard Strategic Inc., that the CLC says were actually the same company. But campaign finance experts say the set-up is typical of a “firewall” often put in place with political organizations like the two.

Any American is allowed to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, after which the commission reviews the complaint to see if further investigation is warranted to find if violations occurred. The complaint was filed Monday, so it is in the early stages of the process.

The initial complaint alleges that while the NRA Political Victory Fund and NRA Institute for Legislative Action were supporting four Senate candidates through Starboard in 2014 and 2016 – including Gardner – that the campaigns were paying OnMessage at the same time for consulting and advertising.

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This make 3 - how many more?

The fucking treasonous corruption of the GOP is breath taking.

[hlthe2b]

1. No surprise... 'Guess my call to his office this AM re: Trump-Russia and announced plans for IRS

to no longer require reporting of "dark money" sources on tax returns from NRA and others will not go far.

[Democrats_win]

2. Cheating gave the GOP a lot of power.

There should be big consequences for all of this cheating but instead WE will receive the consequences in the form of corrupt incompetent right-wing judges and the cuts to programs that help ordinary Americans because of the tax cuts.

These judges are favorites of right-wing religion yet they will support the massive greed of big crooked corporations. Isn't that special! The negligence of false religion of not going after greed is actually giving greed much more power.

Way to go false religion, crooked corrupt GOP. Traitors at ALL levels of American values and true Christian values. Cheaters, liars.