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May 4, 2016

Report: Less Than 1% of Clinton Fundraising Venture Goes to State Parties
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The Bernie Sanders campaign has launched a petition urging the Hillary
Clinton campaign to transfer money raised by her massive joint
fundraising venture to state parties. This comes after a Politico
investigation into the unprecedented fundraising vehicle Clinton formed
with state parties found less than 1 percent of the $61 million raised
by the venture has actually gone to the state parties. The Hillary
Victory Fund is a joint venture between the Democratic National
Committee, 32 state committees and Clinton's campaign. It allows Clinton
to collect massive donations at events like the recent dinner at George
and Amal Clooney's house. But it turns out that of the $3.8 million the
victory fund has transferred to the state parties, 88 percent of it was
quickly moved back to the DNC by the Clinton staffer who controls the
committee.
Topics:Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders Democratic Party2016 Election
Campaign Finance

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