Trump committees broke campaign finance laws, advocacy group says
The Campaign Legal Center says they broke the law by making payments to firms that were used as conduits, hiding the actual recipients of the money
Washington — Two of President Donald Trump’s re-election committees violated campaign finance laws by obscuring the true purpose and recipients of almost $170m in payments, including salaries paid to Lara Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle, according to a complaint filed on Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission by a watchdog group.
The Campaign Legal Center, an advocacy organisation that seeks to reduce the influence of money in politics, said Trump’s committees broke the law by making payments to companies that were used as conduits, hiding the actual recipients of the money. Political committees have to disclose the actual recipients of their spending...
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