A public interest election integrity organization has filed suit with the FEC alleging illegal cooperation between the Clinton campaign and their primary super-PAC, among other organizations.
The suit is based on a series of videos by Project Veritas that show several political operatives bragging about being an illegal conduit between the campaign and left-wing groups in violation of federal law.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), an Indiana-based group that litigates to protect election integrity, submitted thecomplaint Tuesday to the Office of the General Counsel at the FEC claiming that Hillary Clinton's campaign committee and other left-wing groups may have violated campaign finance laws.
"This complaint is based on information and belief that respondents have engaged in public communications, campaign activity, targeted voter registration drives, and other targeted GOTV [get out the vote] activity under 11 C.F.R. 100.26 and 11 C.F.R. 114.4 at the request, direction, and approval of the Hillary for America campaign committee and the Democratic National Committee in violation of 11 C.F.R. 109.20 and 11 C.F.R. 114.4(d)(2) and (3)," the complaint states.
"Complainant's information and belief is based on findings from an investigation conducted by Project Veritas Action and their published reports regarding the same, as well as on news sources."
"'If the Commission, upon receiving a complaint … has reason to believe that a person has committed, or is about to commit, a violation of [the FECA] … [t]he Commission shall make an investigation of such alleged violation … ' 52 U.S.C. § 30109(a)(2); see also 11 C.F.R. § 111.4(a)."
PILF argues that the groups within the videos–which were caught on tape discussing possible voter fraud scenarios–have organized voter registration drives and other GOTV activities that could have potentially registered people who are not United States citizens.
"On the same information and belief, these voter registration drives and other GOTV activity were coordinated with DNC and HFA by express communication through agents of Democracy Partners and The Foval Group," the complaint reads. "These communications resulted in coordination of voter registration activity in violation of 11 C.F.R. 114.4(c)(2) and (d)(2)-(4) by all parties involved."
The complaint also mentions the "paid protesters" referenced by Democratic operatives within the videos who were allegedly paid to incite violence at Donald Trump rallies.
"Upon information and belief, and based upon the facts set forth above, Respondents Hillary for America, the Democratic National Committee, Democracy Partners, Americans United for Change, and their agents, named and unnamed above, have, each of them, individually and collectively, violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, and must be held accountable and liable for their unlawful actions," the complaint concludes.
What we saw on those videos was nothing less than criminal conduct. Illegal cooperation by the campaign with outside groups may be the least of them.
Inciting violence, vote-rigging, conspiracy to commit voter fraud – it's clear that numerous felonies were committed. The fact that the campaign fired both Robert Creamer and Scott Foval of Americans United for Change – the group that acted as a front for the DNC and the Clinton campaign – should be considered an admission of guilt.
The alliance between the campaign and left-wing groups shows a contempt for the law that we've come to expect from Hillary Clinton. But the FEC won't act on this complaint until well after the results are in from the November election. Expect a slap on the wrist with a nominal fine for these illegal activities that no one in Obama's Washington appears very interested in investigating.
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