MapLight: Watchdogs: HHS Secretary Tom Price May Have Violated Election Rules To Get His Job
The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission calling the payment to America Rising Corp. a “clear conversion of campaign funds for personal use and violation of federal law.” The nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based organizations wrote that the Price campaign’s payment to America Rising Corp should qualify as an expenditure for personal use, because it appears to be connected to his confirmation process -- and not related to his reelection in Georgia or his duties as a congressman, as federal laws require.