Wisconsin Ethics Commission recommends felony charges for Trump fundraising committee
Wisconsin is one of the key battleground states where President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will need to campaign extra hard if 2024 brings, as expected, a Biden/Trump rematch. If Trump is the nominee, the Biden campaign will no doubt be reminding Wisconsin voters of all the legal problems the GOP presidential frontrunner is facing — legal problems that may have become even more complicated now that the bipartisan Wisconsin Ethics Commission is recommending criminal charges against the Trump-associated Save America Joint Fundraising Committee.
The Washington Post's Patrick Marley reports that the Ethics Commission has "found probable cause that Trump's Save America committee and several state and local Republican officials committed felonies and recommended several district attorneys investigate and prosecute them, according to records released Friday, (February 23)."
The Wisconsin Ethics Commission, according to Marley, alleges that Save America was involved in "a scheme that they say was meant to circumvent campaign finance laws to take out a powerful GOP lawmaker who has turned against Trump."
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Marley reports, "The (Ethics) Commission's investigation centers on the 2022 primary race between Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, one of the most powerful Republicans in Wisconsin, and Adam Steen, a political newcomer who embraced Trump…. The Commission alleges Steen, Steen's campaign and three county Republican parties arranged to sidestep campaign finance laws by having donors give money to one of the county parties, which would then steer it to Steen's campaign or his vendors, according to the records released Friday.
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Read the Washington Post's full report at this link (subscription required).
