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Former president working with Eric Holder to focus on redistricting efforts A group backed by former President Barack Obama participated at a D.C. gathering of deep-pocketed progressive donors strategizing to "restore progressive government" and to ensure fair redistricting in upcoming years. The gathering, hosted by the dark money Democracy Alliance network, is part of the network's spring investment conference and national donor summit held in D.C to plot resistance against President Trump and Republicans. The summit consists of numerous panels and discussions with key Democratic groups and players. Kelly Ward, the executive director of the Obama-linked National Democratic Redistricting Committee...

WASHINGTON — North Carolina elections officials are investigating whether a national Democratic campaign organization violated the state's ban on corporate donations. Investigators are looking at donations by individuals and North Carolina corporations to the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national group that works to get Democrats elected to statehouses around the nation. The committee has given more than $750,000 to the North Carolina Democratic Party since 2004. At issue: Did the money that the group routed to North Carolina come only from individuals or did it include corporate money, in violation of North Carolina law? Michael Sargeant, the campaign committee's...

Most state donations came back, report says D.C. Democratic group laundered funds, it says By STEVEN WALTERSswalters@journalsentinel.com Last Updated: Aug. 14, 2003 Madison - Wisconsin unions and businesses gave $1.3 million to a national Democratic Party committee, which then returned much of it to an organization prosecutors say Sen. Chuck Chvala illegally ran to skirt state campaign-finance laws, a new report released Thursday charged.Using new Internal Revenue Service data, the non-partisan group Common Cause in Wisconsin was able for the first time to list donations from Wisconsin - including $430,000 from the state's largest teachers union - to the Democratic...

The Bureau Is Investigating A National Fund-raising Group's Dealings In Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Journal :: FRONT :: A1 Friday, July 4, 2003 Phil Brinkman State government reporter Federal authorities are investigating a national Democratic fund-raising group's dealings in Wisconsin, including whether the group broke U.S. money-laundering laws by helping former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala evade state campaign finance laws, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Assistant Milwaukee County District Attorney David Feiss confirmed he discussed with the FBI allegations that Chvala helped direct political contributions to the Washington, D.C.-based Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. In turn, the committee, which promotes Democratic...

The FBI is investigating whether two political committees that prosecutors link to state Sen. Chuck Chvala violated federal money laundering laws. According to a criminal complaint filed last year, here is one example of how Chvala is accused of skirting state campaign finance laws: Chvala told lobbyist Bill Broydrick to have his clients contribute money to the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C.The DLCC then funneled money back to a phony independent group in Wisconsin called Independent Citizens for Democracy Inc. Chvala is accused of creating and controlling that group.That group spent more than $800,000 during the 2000 campaign...