Friday, July 22, 2016

Koch-backed ‘dark money’ groups fined for failing to disclose donors

In an extraordinary move, the Federal Election Commission — frequently gridlocked and often criticized as toothless — has fined three so-called "dark money" groups funded by the donor network connected to conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch a total of $233,000 for failing to reveal the source of their funds.

The fines — stemming from a 2014 complaint filed by a Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog organization based in Washington, D.C. — involved funding of congressional elections in 2010.....
https://www.publicintegrity.org/node/19947


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