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A federal lawsuit filed by a pro-President Trump PAC alleges the 2016 Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee skirted fundraising laws by sending millions to state committees that funneled the cash back to the DNC to help Clinton, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Up to 40 states could be implicated for sending about $84 million to the Clinton campaign, the New York Post noted.
The Committee to Defend the President initially filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission back in December, but FEC officials did not do anything prior a mandated deadline, the Review-Journal learned from Dan Backer, the PAC’s finance attorney.
According to the FEC complaint, “an unprecedented, massive, nationwide multi-million-dollar conspiracy” took place where Democrats and the Clinton campaign were “effectively laundering nearly all contributions” sent to the Hillary Victory Fund.
“You had individuals giving $300,000,” Backer told the Review-Journal. “They’re not doing it because they care about Nevada’s or Arkansas’ state party. They’re doing it to curry favor with and buy influence with Hillary Clinton.”
Suspicions about Clinton’s fundraising were raised during the Democratic primary. In May 2015, Clinton promised to “rebuild our party from the ground up,” saying “when our state parties are strong, we win. That’s what will happen.”