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on Wednesday by the Functional Government Initiative, calls for the agency to investigate Vindman, the Democrat’s campaign, and a political action committee called VoteVets. That’s because, in the telling of the watchdog group, a recent interaction with the press appears to show that VoteVets, which“The public is all too familiar with politicians not acting honorably,” said Pete McGinnis, the spokesman for the Functional Government Initiative.
In the Wednesday letter to the FEC’s acting general counsel, Lisa J. Stevenson, the Functional Government Initiative cited aapparent discrepancies regarding Vindman’s military record. Vindman’s campaign manager, Jeremy Levinson, replied by saying that “all future questions” could be directed to Travis Tazelaar, the political director for VoteVets. Moreover, Tazelaar provided the outlet a statement on Vindman.
VoteVets is a so-called hybrid PAC, meaning it is supposed to maintain one bank account for direct contributions in elections and another “non-contribution account” for outside ad spending. VoteVets endorsed Vindman,Federal law holds that super PACs and campaigns may not coordinate, including on communications.
“On its face, Mr. Tazelaar’s services to the campaign go beyond those of a typical volunteer,” the Functional Government Initiative wrote in its FEC complaint. “Indeed, the record shows that Mr. Tazelaar appears to be acting effectively as the press secretary for the Vindman Campaign. Answering all future questions on any subject is what a press secretary or communications director does. It is not a function typically performed by a volunteer.
VoteVets likely made an “excessive contribution” to Vindman since the outside group already reached the contribution limit for the 2024 primary and general elections, the watchdog said in the complaint. It was signed by the watchdog’s director, Chris Stanley, ex-chief of the Census Bureau’s office of congressional affairs and a former longtime GOP Senate staffer.
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