Democratic Party Filing Suit with District Court
For weeks now, John McCain has broken campaign finance law by going over the spending limits that he agreed to when he opted into public financing in order to secure a loan and get his name on the ballot in several states.
He has unilaterally withdrawn, rather than get permission to opt-out of the system, which is something the system doesn't allow him to do. And even getting the permission to do so is impossible once he has materially benefited from it in the ways mentioned above.
But the FEC lacks a quorum, and as a result has not begun an investigation into the complaint the we filed back in February. However, the law allows us to file suit asking courts to compel them to act.
So that's exactly what we'll be doing today. I'll have a copy of our new complaint later today, after it's filed with the District Court. We're not going to stand by as John McCain, who thinks the rules apply to everybody but him, breaks the law every single day to raise money from lobbyists and special interests.
UPDATE: Here's the PDF file of the complaint, which you can view below:
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