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Added a few lines about Dan Backer's recent complaints on behalf of the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, this time targeting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her boyfriend. They garnered a lot of media coverage. Sourced everything.
On behalf of the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, Backer also filed an FEC complaint against Clinton's campaign, the DNC, their law firm Perkins Coie, and Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy that authored the “pee dossier,” for violating campaign finance laws.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/07/19/non-profit-files-fec-complaint-against-clinton-campaign-dnc-over-dossier/</ref> Backer claimed those parties concealed payments made to and received by Fusion GPS, which hired Steele to produce the dossier.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/07/19/non-profit-files-fec-complaint-against-clinton-campaign-dnc-over-dossier/</ref>
On behalf of the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, Backer also filed an FEC complaint against Clinton's campaign, the DNC, their law firm Perkins Coie, and Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy that authored the “pee dossier,” for violating campaign finance laws.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/07/19/non-profit-files-fec-complaint-against-clinton-campaign-dnc-over-dossier/</ref> Backer claimed those parties concealed payments made to and received by Fusion GPS, which hired Steele to produce the dossier.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/07/19/non-profit-files-fec-complaint-against-clinton-campaign-dnc-over-dossier/</ref>
In February 2019, Backer (on behalf of the Foundation) filed an FEC complaint against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), accusing Ocasio-Cortez of illegally funneling thousands of dollars in official campaign funds through “Brand New Congress PAC” and “Brand New Congress LLC” to her boyfriend, Riley Roberts.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/payments-to-ocasio-cortez-boyfriend-spur-fec-complaint</ref> Backer also filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics, accusing Ocasio-Cortez of improperly converting House resources to her non-official, personal use.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-hit-with-third-complaint-this-time-for-beaus-email-address</ref> By obtaining an official House email address for her boyfriend, the complaint argued, Ocasio-Cortez falsely designated him a "staff" member and therefore violated House rules.<ref>https://ijr.com/conservative-group-files-another-ethics-complaint-against-aoc/</ref>
Backer has published numerous op-ed columns criticizing Democrats for violating campaign finance laws and ignoring the Committee's complaint, in addition to op-eds promoting free speech and less restrictive campaign finance rules.<ref>https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/the-anatomy-of-hillary-clintons-84-million-money-laundering-scheme/</ref><ref>https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/even-speech-we-hate-is-protected-speech/</ref> Backer also criticizes what he perceives as anti-speech activism and biased news coverage.<ref>http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/20170928/my-turn-dan-backer-medias-unrelenting-anti-trump-bias</ref><ref>http://www.insidesources.com/establishment-sides-weaponizes-fake-news/</ref>
Backer has published numerous op-ed columns criticizing Democrats for violating campaign finance laws and ignoring the Committee's complaint, in addition to op-eds promoting free speech and less restrictive campaign finance rules.<ref>https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/the-anatomy-of-hillary-clintons-84-million-money-laundering-scheme/</ref><ref>https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/even-speech-we-hate-is-protected-speech/</ref> Backer also criticizes what he perceives as anti-speech activism and biased news coverage.<ref>http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/20170928/my-turn-dan-backer-medias-unrelenting-anti-trump-bias</ref><ref>http://www.insidesources.com/establishment-sides-weaponizes-fake-news/</ref>