Former FEC Chair Urges Investigation of $500,000 Donation to Newsom Recall
On 1/6/21 at 6:53 AM EST
A former chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has filed a complaint against a company that donated $500,000 to the effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Ann Ravel, who served as chair of the FEC under President Barack Obama for the entirety of 2015, called on state authorities to investigate the Orange County-based company Prov. 3:9 LLC. Her complaint alleges that it is a "shell company."
"Such a dark money scheme is antithetical to a functioning democracy and in violation of the state's comprehensive campaign finance laws," her complaint says. "The people of California have the right to know, when the recall is being circulated, who is behind the effort."