The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint Thursday with the Federal Election Commission against a “dark money” group with ties to Republicans.
The “pop-up” super PAC, which has not disclosed its donors, has spent more than $2 million mostly supporting progressive candidates in the final days before closely watched Democratic primaries in Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Texas.
The complaint alleges that Lead Left PAC has violated federal campaign-finance laws by sending money to two newly formed shell companies in order to conceal the recipients of its funds. These companies are likely not the final beneficiaries, according to the complaint, and serve to obscure how the super PAC is actually spending its money.