Steve Bannon reported to the FBI for allegedly violating campaign finance laws [View all]

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Donald Trump's senior White House adviser may have been paid illegally during the campaign with super PAC funds

In short, a hidden donor allegedly paid a shell company for “services” to mask hidden payments to the Trump campaign or his staff.

The case centers around Make America Number 1 — a pro-Ted Cruz super PAC that was repurposed after its primary backers, hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer — which decided to back Trump.
The super PAC’s former president, Kellyanne Conway, then went on to work as Trump’s campaign manager.
Furthermore, Breitbart, which was run by Bannon before he became Trump’s campaign chairman, is at least partially owned by the Mercers.

“[T]he Mercers recommended Trump hire Bannon, were in a position to know that the Trump campaign was not paying Bannon,” an October complaint from the Campaign Legal Center, a non-partisan campaign finance watchdog, alleged. The group said the Mercers broke federal campaign laws by paying Bannon for his work through their super PAC so that the campaign wouldn’t have to shoulder the cost.

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/16/steve-bannon-reported-to-the-fbi-for-allegedly-violating-campaign-finance-laws/