RNC Deal May Have Violated Funding LimitsThe RNC at the end of last year "struck a deal with the Michigan Republican Party that if the state party could raise what turned out to be a half a million dollars for the RNC from its donors, the committee would immediately give the money back, in a scheme apparently devised to increase the RNC's 2009 fundraising numbers," the Daily Caller reports.
According to a former RNC offiical, the possible motivation for such a deal was so contributors "would be able to give more money to the Michigan state party than the federal limit of 10k."
Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports the RNC reported a record haul for March.
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