Watchdog files lawsuit against group backing Iowa Sen. Ernst
Source: Associated Press
DAVID PITT,
Associated Press
Feb. 16, 2021
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 12:30 a.m.
FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2021 file photo, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. An election watchdog group has filed a federal lawsuit that claims an Iowa-based nonprofit organization violated election laws by failing to register as a political committee that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Sen. Ernst's reelection. Campaign Legal Center, a Washington-based nonprofit campaign finance watchdog group, filed the lawsuit Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, in Washington.Alex Brandon/AP
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An election watchdog group has filed a federal lawsuit that claims an Iowa-based nonprofit organization violated election laws by failing to register as a political committee that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Republican Sen. Joni Ernst's reelection.
Campaign Legal Center, a Washington-based nonprofit campaign finance watchdog group, filed the lawsuit Friday in Washington. It had filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in December 2019 afte r The Associated Press reported Ernst’s work with Iowa Values to raise money and build an electoral “firewall” potentially violated campaign finance and tax law.
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to declare that Iowa Values became a political committee as of June 2019 and order the group to register, file documents and provide information on fundraising and expenditures.
The lawsuit also seeks a civil penalty against Iowa Values, along with court and attorney fee costs.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Watchdog-files-lawsuit-against-group-backing-Iowa-15954482.php
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Deepest apologies to innocent, unarmed pigs.
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