Why was he raising funds in Europe? Does the prohibition on foreign funds only apply to Presidential campaigns?
Doug’s staff says that he was visiting well-to-do American Democrats who live in Europe...to get donation situations set up.
I think he is anticipating a tough campaign season and normal US donations coming into him won’t be that great. So he’s hoping to round up a couple dozen of Democrats living abroad to improve the campaign chest.
Course, I could see a 60-second ad being developed where some fake French guy wanders around and Alabama folks question the guy and why he needs to get involved in state politics.