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Trump Files FEC Case Against Harris To Have Biden Funds Stripped From Her Campaign

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Former President Donald Trump has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission over the transfer of campaign money from President Joe Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris (D).

The claim filed on Tuesday accuses Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, of improperly accepting Biden’s campaign funds. This comes after the Biden campaign renamed their account to Harris for President after Biden announced that he would no longer be running for reelection.

David Warrington, counsel for the Trump campaign, wrote that Harris is committing a fraud and violating the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.

Kamala Harris is seeking to perpetrate a $91.5 million dollar heist of Joe Biden’s leftover campaign cash — a brazen money grab that would constitute the single largest excessive contribution and biggest violation in the history of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended,” Warrington wrote.

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Warring also argued that the Harris campaign is “in the process of committing the largest campaign finance violation in American history and she is using the Commission’s own forms to do it.”

The claim hopes to block Harris from accessing the money, calls for a criminal investigation and emphasizes that this action should be considered fraudulent. The claim also insists that Biden ought to refund contributions rather than giving them to Harris’ campaign.

Campaign finance experts who have spoken on the issue have say that Harris does have rightful access to the funds since she was on Biden’s ticket as his vice president.

FEC Chair Sean Cooksey, who was appointed by Trump, announced on Monday that he may oppose Harris using the funds, telling Morning Edition by NPR that the process was complicated.

“I think it’s gonna have to go through a process, through the FEC,” Cooksey said. “I expect, there’s probably going to be challenges to that at the agency, and probably in the courts as well.”

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