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https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/10/senate-gop-dark-money/

>Senate Republican leadership-aligned “dark money” group One Nation has funneled around $75 million into 2020 elections without ever disclosing a dime to the Federal Election Commission, new campaign finance filings and ad records show.

>One Nation bankrolled around $40 million in TV ads across at least eleven states, according to OpenSecrets’ new online ad data database and research in partnership with the Wesleyan Media Project.

>But One Nation reported none of that spending to the FEC and has no record of TV ads after Sept. 4, the date ads mentioning candidates must start being reported to the FEC, according to research on TV advertising in partnership with the Wesleyan Media Project.

>Giving money to the allied super PAC rather than continuing to spend directly on TV ads enabled One Nation to skirt federal campaign finance rules that require it to disclose spending on TV or radio ads mentioning candidates within 60 days before Election Day while still pouring millions more into 2020 elections.

>Operating as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, One Nation is not allowed to have politics as its primary purpose and does not disclose its donors. Yet the dark money group has poured millions of dollars more into elections while avoiding FEC disclosure.

seems like a pretty widespread problem, huh

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