FEC won't take action against RNC for its spending on Trump's Russia probe lawyers
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The Federal Election Commission won't take action against the Republican National Committee for how it paid for the lawyers who represented then-President Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., in the various Russia investigations.
The campaign finance allegations against the RNC -- which were filed with the FEC in 2018 -- were dismissed by the commission in early September, but several of the documents related to its review of the matter were made public only this week.
At issue was the RNC's apparent use of a fund designated for the costs associated with election-related legal proceedings -- like recounts and contests -- to pay for lawyers who represented Trump and Trump Jr. in the Russia probes by the Justice Department and Congress. Activities "paid for by the recount fund must have no relation to campaign activities," the commission has previously said.
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