Shad­owy group propped up by Demo­c­rat mon­ey accused of ‘dirty tricks’ med­dling against GOP in key races

A shad­owy group has been recruit­ing unsus­pect­ing can­di­dates to act as poten­tial spoil­ers in com­pet­i­tive House races in the lat­est attempt from far-left groups to tip Repub­li­can races.For the past year, a group known as the Patri­ots Run Project has recruit­ed Trump sup­port­ers to run as inde­pen­dent can­di­dates in key swing dis­tricts where they could siphon votes from Repub­li­cans in races that will help deter­mine which par­ty con­trols the House next year, an Asso­ci­at­ed Press re …