(The split might seem weird, but this is typical. The FEC's partisan divide doesn't mean the Rs only vote to enforce the law against the Ds, and vice-versa. It means that the Rs are ideologically opposed to the mission of the agency and generally won't enforce the law at all.)
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A super PAC can accept unlimited contributions from millionaires and corporations as long as it is independent of candidates. But despite this, in 2016 the Clinton campaign declared it would coordinate with a super PAC: David Brock's Correct the Record.https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-clinton-operatives-20161104-story.html …
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Clinton's team claimed its coordination was legal because CTR wasn't running paid ads. But that didn't matter: our complaint showed that CTR was a $9 million oppo research and messaging operation working directly with Clinton's campaign. The FEC's lawyers agreed:pic.twitter.com/qu1JkrzL6R
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CTR argued that FEC rules exempting blogs from the definition of "public communications" meant the Clinton campaign could outsource its oppo research and press operations to a super PAC, without making "coordinated communications." The FEC's lawyers agreed that this is insane:pic.twitter.com/teW09Y8XLm
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Pictures are worth a thousand words. So many photos were available from private events that proved Clinton and Trump were pals. Just like Hillary hugging George W at Nancy Reagan’s funeral. The establishment
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