[EL] Criminal probe of Coordination?

[Joseph Birkenstock]

I think I'm with Brad on this one.  The DM Register piece and the blog post to which Colin Smith linked earlier both describe potential unreported and excessive (and perhaps otherwise illegal) in-kind contributions, and, to my eye, the much scarier problem of a potential conspiracy to arrange unreported and excessive in-kind contributions.  Is there another aspect to this story that involves independent vs. coordinated communications?


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Many paragraphs in it mentions DoJ and that claim. (It is a muddled piece).


On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Smith, Brad <BSmith at law.capital.edu<mailto:BSmith at law.capital.edu>> wrote:
Doesn't appear to have anything to do with coordination. Am I missing something?


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A muddled piece from the Des Moines Register suggests (another) DoJ criminal probe of coordination? (Ken Gross spoke of one at PLI. Not sure whether this is the same matter).

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/12/04/fbi-uses-search-warrant-at-kent-sorensons-home/article

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