A letter sent Friday from Rep. David Joyce's campaign to the Federal Election Commission said an investigator with a Cleveland-area prosecutor's office obtained bank security camera footage to confirm that ex-treasurer Scott Coleman used a campaign ATM card to make more than $80,000 in unauthorized withdrawals over a three-year period beginning in 2015, Cleveland.com reported.
Report: Congressman suspects theft from campaign account →
But the task of clarifying how to apply the decision fell to the FEC, which issued vague guidance that has allowed outside groups to skirt disclosure, said Brendan Fischer, an attorney for the CLC, which advocates for greater transparency in election spending.
Court ruling doesn't stop untraceable election spending →
