The Los Angeles Times: The Clintons' old attack dogs have a profitable new role, and sometimes it makes the campaign nervous
“Hugely problematic” and illegal is how Brendan Fischer, associate counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, described the arrangement Brock has brokered with Clinton’s campaign. The group has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission.
“A billionaire can’t come in and say, ‘I’m going to pick up the salary of the campaign manager.’” Fischer said. “If Clinton had kept her opposition research team in-house, a donor couldn’t have said, ‘I’m going to pay for all the salaries of the researchers.’”