A watchdog group hit Iowa Democrat Theresa Greenfield with a complaint alleging her Senate campaign illegally coordinated with a super PAC affiliated with Sen. Chuck Schumer.
It alleges that Greenfield's campaign and the Senate Majority PAC violated election laws when the super PAC produced a pro-Greenfield television ad that mirrored language from a document the campaign posted to its website several weeks earlier.
The complaint follows a Washington Free Beacon report that detailed similarities between the information posted on Greenfield's website and the ad from the Schumer-affiliated PAC. The materials, given the production of the ad, appeared to be "Signaling" the PAC, according to the complaint.
"Under federal law, Senate candidates are prohibited from coordinating with Super PACs such as Senate Majority PAC on advertisements," the complaint states.
"Senate Majority PAC is also prohibited from republishing campaign materials, including photographs and video from a campaign committee."
"There is reason to believe Greenfield and Theresa Greenfield for Iowa solicited and accepted an illegal contribution from Senate Majority PAC by coordinating communications valued at over $1 million," the complaint says.
Just days before Senate Majority PAC announced its ad buy, Greenfield released an anticorruption plan that promised to "Truly" end illegal coordination between campaigns and outside groups such as super PACs.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/iowa-dem-schumers-super-pac-hit-with-illegal-coordination-complaint/
It alleges that Greenfield's campaign and the Senate Majority PAC violated election laws when the super PAC produced a pro-Greenfield television ad that mirrored language from a document the campaign posted to its website several weeks earlier.
The complaint follows a Washington Free Beacon report that detailed similarities between the information posted on Greenfield's website and the ad from the Schumer-affiliated PAC. The materials, given the production of the ad, appeared to be "Signaling" the PAC, according to the complaint.
"Under federal law, Senate candidates are prohibited from coordinating with Super PACs such as Senate Majority PAC on advertisements," the complaint states.
"Senate Majority PAC is also prohibited from republishing campaign materials, including photographs and video from a campaign committee."
"There is reason to believe Greenfield and Theresa Greenfield for Iowa solicited and accepted an illegal contribution from Senate Majority PAC by coordinating communications valued at over $1 million," the complaint says.
Just days before Senate Majority PAC announced its ad buy, Greenfield released an anticorruption plan that promised to "Truly" end illegal coordination between campaigns and outside groups such as super PACs.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/iowa-dem-schumers-super-pac-hit-with-illegal-coordination-complaint/
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