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Three notes on Sean McElwee's campaign finance scandal

One for Data for Progress, and one for the journalists who are covering this.

Dec 21, 2022
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1. If Data for Progress has reason to believe that Sean McElwee broke the law, they need to file a complaint with the FEC. Today, NYMag reports that internally at Data for Progress, Sean has been “accused of pressuring one of his employees to participate in a straw-donor scheme” and that this was the final straw that got him fired from the organization.…

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