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Do you have an excerpt and link to the law?

Regulations are here:
http://www.fec.gov/law/cfr/11_cfr.pdf
http://www.fec.gov/law/cfr/cfr.shtml

§ 113.2 Permissible non-campaign use of funds (2 U.S.C. 439a).
In addition to defraying expenses in connection with a campaign for federal office, funds in a campaign account or an account described in 11 CFR 113.3:
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(e) May be used for any other lawful purpose, unless such use is personal use under 11 CFR 113.1(g).
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§ 113.1 Definitions (2 U.S.C. 439a). When used in this part—
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(g) Personal use. Personal use means any use of funds in a campaign account of a present or former candidate to fulfill a commitment, obligation or expense of any person that would exist irrespective of the candidate’s campaign or duties as a Federal officeholder.
(1)(i) Personal use includes but is not limited to the use of funds in a campaign account for any item listed in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)(A) through (J) of this section:
(A) Household food items or supplies.
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(E) Mortgage, rent or utility payments—

(1) For any part of any personal residence of the candidate or a member of the candidate’s family; or
(2) For real or personal property that is owned by the candidate or a member of the candidate’s family and used for campaign purposes, to the extent the payments exceed the fair market value of the property usage.
(F) Admission to a sporting event, concert, theater or other form of entertainment, unless part of a specific campaign or officeholder activity.
(G) Dues, fees or gratuities at a country club, health club, recreational facility or other nonpolitical organization, unless they are part of the costs of a specific fundraising event that takes place on the organization’s premises.
(H) Salary payments to a member of the candidate’s family, unless the family member is providing bona fide services to the campaign. If a family member provides bona fide services to the campaign, any salary payment in excess of the fair market value of services provided is personal use.
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And the law is here: 2 U.S.C. § 439a : US Code - Section 439A: Use of contributed amounts for certain purposes:

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(b) Prohibited use

(1) In general
A contribution or donation described in subsection (a) of this section shall not be converted by any person to personal use.
(2) Conversion For the purposes of paragraph (1), a contribution or donation shall be considered to be converted to personal use if the contribution or amount is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense of a person that would exist irrespective of the candidate's election campaign or individual's duties as a holder of Federal office, including -

(A) a home mortgage, rent, or utility payment;
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But at least she's good for some laughs...
Elvira is not a witch!

Note, formatting is not exact, but I'm not going to spend any more time on it. The links are there and you can check it out in the original. :-)

Also, I included some of the part that references other possible charges in the complaints, such as the bowling outing. But I did not include the Tea Party stuff.