Group backing Iowa’s Ernst hit with complaint after AP story
By: Brian Slodysko, Associated Press, December 20, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — An election watchdog filed a complaint Thursday alleging than an outside group founded by top political aides to Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst violated campaign finance law in its effort improve the Republican’s chance of reelection next year.
The complaint, filed with the Federal Election Commission by the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, comes after The Associated Press reported earlier this month that Ernst’s work with the political nonprofit Iowa Values to raise money and build an electoral “firewall” potentially violated campaign finance and tax law.
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The complaint is the third to be filed against Iowa Values following the AP’s story. A group called the Campaign for Accountability […] filed a complaint last week along similar lines. Another called American Democracy Legal Fund, which is run by a longtime Democratic operative, previously requested an investigation, as well.