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Clinton ally files FEC ethics complaint against Sanders: report
A group founded by longtime Hillary Clinton confidant David Brock has filed three ethics complaints with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against Bernie Sanders and his allies.
The American Democracy Legal Fund (ADLF) accused Sanders’s Democratic presidential campaign of accepting more money from individual donors than allowed under federal law, MSNBC reported.
The group also accused the Vermont senator’s camp of failing to include a proper disclosure on a Facebook ad it ran after the New Hampshire primary last month.
And it alleged a pro-Sanders super-PAC is improperly using his name and engaging in illegal coordination.
The American Democracy Legal Fund (ADLF) accused Sanders’s Democratic presidential campaign of accepting more money from individual donors than allowed under federal law, MSNBC reported.
The group also accused the Vermont senator’s camp of failing to include a proper disclosure on a Facebook ad it ran after the New Hampshire primary last month.
And it alleged a pro-Sanders super-PAC is improperly using his name and engaging in illegal coordination.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/274665-report-clinton-ally-files-fec-ethics-complaint-against
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they can check the total amount donated online in their Act Blue account. If people are donating through different groups tracking it all could get interesting but I seriously doubt it would be intentional since most of his support comes from people who cannot just write a check for $2,700.
just when I thought she couldn't make me any sicker. 
Sleazy shit.
time than this. How petty given the recent $323,000 Clooney fundraiser, mega super pacs and accounting shenanigans between the Clinton Foundation donations trsf to her super pacs....Shallow and desperate.
Snip from the article:
The ADLF’s filings are its first targeting of a Democrat since the organization’s founding in 2014, MSNBC reported. The group’s co-founder is Brad Woodhouse, who is also the president of a pro-Clinton super-PAC called Correct the Record.
Sanders’s campaign on Wednesday said the ethics complaints had no merit.
“Just one day after the Clinton campaign said we needed to change our tone, the leaders of their coordinated super PAC, which is funded by millions from Wall Street, filed baseless and frivolous complaints with the FEC,” Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said. "Tells you all you need to know.”
Sanders’s campaign on Wednesday said the ethics complaints had no merit.
“Just one day after the Clinton campaign said we needed to change our tone, the leaders of their coordinated super PAC, which is funded by millions from Wall Street, filed baseless and frivolous complaints with the FEC,” Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said. "Tells you all you need to know.”
Clinton's Holy Trinity.
It will be interesting to see how Bernie's campaign responds. It won't just be a statement. Clinton's dark money is ripe for the pickings.
