Dem Donors Fund­ed Poten­tial­ly Ille­gal Effort To Swing High-Stakes Elec­tions

An orga­ni­za­tion under inves­ti­ga­tion by the Iowa Divi­sion of Crim­i­nal Inves­ti­ga­tion received finan­cial back­ing from a group of Demo­c­ra­t­ic donors, accord­ing to The Asso­ci­at­ed Press.Patriots Run Project, a group that an AP inves­ti­ga­tion found is backed by Demo­c­ra­t­ic firms, has recruit­ed con­ser­v­a­tives to run against Repub­li­cans in com­pet­i­tive House and Sen­ate races. The AP con­clud­ed that the recruits, most of whom were retired or dis­abled, are like­ly intend­ed to serve as spoil­er can­di­dates to wors­en the GOP’s odds of retain­ing the House and flip­ping the Sen­ate in November.“Whether it’s con­gres­sion­al or pres­i­den­tial races, this kind of activ …