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Documents Found In Meth House Bare Inner Workings Of Dark Money Group
Found in a meth house in Colorado, they were somewhat of a mystery, holding files on 23 conservative candidates in state races in Montana. They were filled with candidate surveys and mailers that said they were paid for by campaigns, and fliers and bank records from outside spending groups. One folder was labeled "Montana $ Bomb."
The documents pointed to one outside group pulling the candidates' strings: a social welfare nonprofit called Western Tradition Partnership, or WTP.
Altogether, the records added up to possible illegal "coordination" between the nonprofit and candidates for office in 2008 and 2010, said a Montana investigator and a former Federal Election Commission chairman who reviewed the material. Outside groups are allowed to spend money on political campaigns, but not to coordinate with candidates.
"My opinion, for what it's worth, is that WTP was running a lot of these campaigns," said investigator Julie Steab of the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices, who initially received the boxes from Colorado.
(article is co-published by PBS Frontline and Huff Po)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/government-elections-politics/big-sky-big-money/mysterious-docs-found-in-meth-house-reveal-inner-workings-of-dark-money-group/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/29/western-tradition-partnership_n_2038210.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
This is a game changer for many races if you ask me! Finally some proof about those dark money groups screwing around with American politics. The fact they were found in a meth house makes it all the more sordid.
This will lead to some new political laws that just might help control the crazies a little bit.
The Senate race in Montana is also a toss-up. This may very well help push some of those votes to Tester. We just might get to keep that seat blue!!!