Video: Trahan Responds to Allegations of Campaign Finance Violations
"It does not appear that she had sufficient personal assets to cover $300,000 in personal loans," said Brendan Fischer of the Washington-based Campaign Legal Center. Fischer questions the source of hundreds of thousands of dollars Trahan loaned her campaign in the final weeks of the hotly contested MA-3 primary. The watchdog group has filed a complaint with the FEC. "One possibility is that Rep. Trahan, in fact, used money from her husband's bank account to fund her campaign, which would, in fact, be illegal," Fischer said.
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