Campaign Expenses

A federal judge ruled the Campaign Legal Center lacks standing to bring a claim under the Federal Election Campaign Act that Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and a super PAC unlawfully coordinated on over $6 million of the PAC's expenditures. The center has no cognizable interest in a legal determination of whether the expenditures were coordinated, and therefore cannot challenge the FEC’s decision not to investigate.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled the Campaign Legal Center lacks standing to bring a claim under the Federal Election Campaign Act that Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and a super PAC unlawfully coordinated on over $6 million of the PAC's expenditures. The center has no cognizable interest in a legal determination of whether the expenditures were coordinated, and therefore cannot challenge the FEC’s decision not to investigate.

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