Andrew Yang’s giveaway raises campaign finance questions

Andrew Yang’s giveaway raises campaign finance questions

Enlarge Image Andrew Yang pledged to give 10 different families $1,000 a month on Thursday night. Not so fast, Andrew.

Businessman Andrew Yang’s proposal to give 10 families a thousand bucks a month each for a year made a splash Friday — with campaign finance lawyers. “He’s using campaign money and the problem is federal law prohibits campaign money from being converted to the personal use of any person,” said Adav Noti, a top lawyer at campaign finance watchdog Campaign Legal Center, who once worked for the Federal Election Commission.

“It sure looks like giving people $1,000 cash in exchange for […]

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