Democratic group accuses GOP candidates of illegally coordinating with Koch political network

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Democratic group accuses GOP candidates of illegally coordinating with Koch political network

by Mateo Gold at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/25/democratic-group-accuses-gop-candidates-of-illegally-coordinating-with-koch-political-network/?hpid=z4

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[Kingofalldems]

1. Republicans have changed since Watergate--they've gotten worse.

Dishonesty is encouraged.

[NBachers]

2. So who's going to jail?

[starroute]

3. Here's the opening

(Not sure why you couldn't copy and paste. I'm not having any problem.)

A Democratic legal watchdog group has filed a new Federal Election Commission complaint against 11 GOP presidential candidates, the Republican National Committee and several groups in the Koch political network, saying their participation in a data-sharing arrangement violates coordination rules.

In a complaint sent to the commission last week, the American Democracy Legal Fund seized on a new deal between Data Trust, which has an exclusive list-exchange agreement with the RNC, and i360, a company that manages its own database for groups in the Koch network and other political clients.

The partnership -- similar to one that the two entities had in 2014 -- means that the eventual GOP presidential nominee will have a voter file enriched with data gathered by other Republican contenders, as well as Koch-backed groups such as Americans for Prosperity.

ADLF said the arrangement allows the 11 presidential candidates who have list-exchange agreements with the RNC to effectively coordinate with outside groups gathering their own voter data. FEC rules require a vendor working for both a candidate and independent group to wall off information about a candidate's activities, plans or needs from its other clients.

[applegrove]

4. I've been hit or miss with copying and pasting wapo articles

for the last week or so. Doesn't make sense to me either. Maybe it is because I am in Canada.

[Scuba]

5. K&R

[Takket]

6. I'm sure this will quickly go to court

And that we've seen the end of Koch influence over politics