FEC Republicans Are Helping Trump Cheat His Way Back Into WH

The FEC has received 59 complaints that Donald Trump or his committees have violated campaign finance laws, Citizens for Responsibility And Ethics in Washington (CREW) has reported. The nonpartisan Office of the General Counsel recommended that 29 of those complaints be investigated. But Republicans have blocked each attempt.

CREW explains how this happened:

Because at least four of the six FEC Commissioners need to approve any FEC investigation, and because only three of those seats can be filled by Democrats, Republicans hold a veto over the agency’s enforcement and have repeatedly used it to shoot down any recommended enforcement of campaign finance law against Trump—and thus successfully shielded him from accountability over and over. Instead of fostering bipartisanship, the split FEC has often become gridlocked and, in cases involving Trump, its ability to pursue action is constrained by the members of one party.

And look who helped Trump escape accountability via a ruling made one month before he was nominated to the Supreme Court!

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