The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Friday filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging illegal coordination with a super PAC collecting signatures to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on ballots in various states. ) attacked him with accusations against him.
American values 2024 announced In December, it announced it would spend $15 million collecting signatures to put Kennedy on the ballot in 15 states. DNC filed FEC complaint Friday claimed the effort was an illegal in-kind contribution to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign.
“Simply put, in order to be eligible to vote under state law, American Values 2024 must coordinate Mr. Kennedy and his campaign and activities in violation of federal campaign finance law,” the complaint states. Says. claim. (Related article: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. qualifies for Utah’s first state ballot)
PHOENIX, AZ – DECEMBER 20: Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally at the Legend Event Center on December 20, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, Kennedy campaign manager, said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation that this was “an attack on partisan groups who appear to be increasingly concerned about their own candidates and their viability.” “This is not an issue being raised by a political group.”
“To be clear, as a people-powered movement, this campaign is making all official petition formats received from each state’s Secretary of State’s office available for volunteers to print at home from a public website, along with instructions on how to submit them. is also open to the public. Please mail your completed petition to our secure signature verification and processing repository,” Kennedy said. “We receive signature parcels from volunteer organizations across the United States.”
“To my knowledge, we have not yet received any signatures from American Values PAC or any PAC, nor have we provided any information on our public website that is not available to all volunteers and the press. ” she continued.
Tony Lyons, founder of American Values, called According to the Washington Post, the complaint is “another desperate DNC tactic to smear and smear Kennedy and drain campaign funds.”
“The DNC wants to deny millions of people their basic constitutional right to vote in a relentless attack on democracy,” Lyons said.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign is relying on an outside party, funded by Donald Trump’s biggest donor this season, to carry out key campaign efforts (gathering the signatures needed to appear on the ballot). By outsourcing this to super PACs, they are flouting campaign finance laws,” said DNC Senior Counsel Mary Beth Cahill. statement.
No Labels, a bipartisan group working to win third-party presidential suffrage, filed a complaint with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in January. claim There exists a “highly coordinated, conspiratorial, partisan, and often illegal conspiracy involving individuals both inside and outside the government to deny the American people their constitutional right to elect leaders who represent them.”
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