Liberal Group Files FEC Complaint Over Pro-Bush Super-PAC Contributions

The FEC is unlikely to give the complaint attention any time soon.

Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush speaks during a Miami field office opening on September 12, 2015 in Miami, Floria.

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A group with links to the Democratic Party is accusing two companies that gave $175,000 to a super-PAC backing Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush of violating campaign finance laws.

The complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission by the American Democracy Legal Fund, a group run by former Democratic National Committee communications director Brad Woodhouse, is based largely on Bloomberg reports that showed little public information available about the companies making the donations, Tread Standard LLC and Tierranueva LLC. The complaint also named Jonathan Jaffe, the COO of Lennar Corp, the nation's second-largest homebuilder. Bloomberg reported earlier this month that Tierranueva has shared an address with Jaffe and also bought and sold a home that his father had owned. Jaffe didn't respond to an e-mail seeking comment.