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RON DESANTIS’ CAMPAIGN AND SUPER PAC HIT WITH A COMPLAINT BY A WATCHDOG GROUP

The Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission
on Monday alleging coordination between the two entities.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on Nov. 17 in Des Moines, Iowa. Charlie
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Dec. 18, 2023, 9:36 AM HST / Updated Dec. 19, 2023, 8:23 AM HST
By Natasha Korecki

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting
him, Never Back Down, were the subject of a complaint filed Monday by the
Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit watchdog group, which alleged coordination
between the two entities in violation of federal election laws.

“Never PAC has for months coordinated its activities with and made in-kind
contributions to DeSantis and his campaign committee, contravening the explicit
legal requirement that super PACs must remain 'independent' of—i.e., not
coordinate with or make contributions to—federal candidates or their campaigns,”
the complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission stated.




The complaint follows a litany of reporting on the recent upheaval at Never Back
Down, most recently with the departure of its chief operative, Jeff Roe.

Never Back Down Chairman Scott Wagner said in a statement that the super PAC
“fully complies with the law, and will continue to do so as we work to help
elect Gov. DeSantis our next President."

"The Campaign Legal Center has a partisan agenda against Ron DeSantis and their
allegations — based on anonymous sources in reporting — are completely false,”
he added.

DeSantis campaign spokesman Andrew Romeo also dismissed the complaint.




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“This baseless complaint is just another example of how the Left is terrified of
Ron DeSantis and will stoop to anything to stop him. The FEC has made clear they
won’t take action based upon unverified rumors and innuendo, and that’s the
false information this politically motivated complaint is based on. The Left has
tried to stop DeSantis in the past and failed, and they will fail again this
time," Romeo said in a statement.



Asked Tuesday about the complaint during a campaign stop in Iowa, DeSantis
responded: “I mean, give me a break. Trust me. I have no doubt. There’s a lot of
things that happened that I wish I had control over.”

The super PAC is heavily invested in DeSantis’ Iowa ground game, which the
candidate has held up as a top weapon in his arsenal to compete in the
first-in-the-nation caucus state. 

On Monday, Never Back Down “hosted” DeSantis’ events in the state. At one of the
stops, DeSantis was asked about Roe’s recent departure.

“It’s a separate entity. And so it’s just, this stuff just happens,” DeSantis
said. “And it’s not in my purview.”


Natasha Korecki

Natasha Korecki is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.

Alec Hernández contributed.


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