Thieves jacked the Republican National Committee for $44K and then went on a coffee shopping spree, records show

While describing the RNC's changing description of the theft as a "bit odd," Erin Chlopak, the director of campaign-finance strategy for the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center who led the FEC's policy division from 2017 to 2018, said the committee appeared to have complied with federal disclosure rules by ultimately reporting the thefts as such. The RNC's public descriptions of other recent financial transactions have also faced scrutiny.

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