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Top FEC Official's Undisclosed Ties to Trump Raise Concerns Over Agency Neutrality
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Jane Mayer
@JaneMayerNYer
·
Oct 28, 2020
The reporter who uncovered rot at the NRA, @Mikespiesnyc, now finds it at Trump's FEC:
Top FEC Official’s Undisclosed Ties to Trump Raise Concerns Over Agency Neutrality
A top Federal Election Commission official, whose division regulates campaign cash, has shown support for President Trump and has close ties to his 2016 campaign attorney, Don McGahn. Experts said…
propublica.org
Norman Ornstein
@NormOrnstein
This is entirely disgraceful. McGahn, when he was at the FEC, was a total partisan hack and worked overtime to destroy any enforcement of the laws. Chacona has no business being in that position.
12:46 PM · Oct 28, 2020
Jane Mayer
@JaneMayerNYer
·
Oct 28, 2020
The reporter who uncovered rot at the NRA, @Mikespiesnyc, now finds it at Trump's FEC:
Top FEC Official’s Undisclosed Ties to Trump Raise Concerns Over Agency Neutrality
A top Federal Election Commission official, whose division regulates campaign cash, has shown support for President Trump and has close ties to his 2016 campaign attorney, Don McGahn. Experts said…
propublica.org
Norman Ornstein
@NormOrnstein
This is entirely disgraceful. McGahn, when he was at the FEC, was a total partisan hack and worked overtime to destroy any enforcement of the laws. Chacona has no business being in that position.
12:46 PM · Oct 28, 2020