Targeting dark money attacking democracy, watchdog files FEC complaint against 23 super PACs

“Voters have a right to know when big money is flowing into their elections from D.C.-based groups hiding their agendas and funding behind fake names,” said Adav Noti, senior director of trial litigation and chief of staff at Campaign Legal Center (CLC) Action, and former associate general counsel of the FEC. “The vast scope of this illegal concealment should prompt swift investigation and a firm crackdown by the FEC,” he added. In a Thursday Twitter thread, CLC joked that while “most things with the name ‘pop-up’ are delightful, pop-up super PACs are anything but. They spend big to mislead voters.”

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