Groups Seek Justice Department Review of Jeb Bush Fundraising
They raise objections to how the Republican is collecting record sums.
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Two groups that have claimed probable Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is skirting federal campaign finance laws have asked the U.S. Department of Justice asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate the former Florida governor's operation.
In a letter sent on Tuesday, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appoint a special counsel to investigate Bush's Right to Rise super-PAC, a group that can accept donations of any amount. Bush, who told donors last month that he's raised record sums of money, can co-ordinate with the political committee as long as he's not a candidate. Once he's in the race, he can only solicit donations of $2,700 per person per campaign.