CLC Refers “Stop China Now” Straw Donor Scheme to Justice Department

On December 18, 2024, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) referred to the Department of Justice a complaint involving an alleged straw donor scheme that suggests criminal violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). The complaint, which CLC recently filed with the Federal Election Commission, alleges that unknown persons used an obscure Delaware corporation called Stop China Now (“SCN”) to deliberately and unlawfully conceal the true source(s) of a $1.6 million contribution to a super PAC, Save Western Culture (“SWC PAC”), which used those funds to pay for over $1.3 million on independent expenditures in the final weeks before the 2024 election.