Bloomberg Government: Trump’s Ex-HHS Chief Seeks Career Rehab With Old Campaign Cash

Bloomberg Government: Trump’s Ex-HHS Chief Seeks Career Rehab With Old Campaign Cash

The proposal would establish “a new blueprint for federal politicians to rehabilitate their reputations after a scandal using other people’s money—specifically, using past electoral contributors’ money,” said election attorney Paul S. Ryan, vice president for policy and litigation at the watchdog group Common Cause.

Former congressman and HHS Secretary Tom Price is asking federal regulators to let him become the first former officeholder to shift leftover campaign cash to a nonprofit intended to promote his policy ideas and possibly revive a political career derailed by scandal.

Price’s plan to tap $1.7 million from his campaign account has the Federal Election Commission divided over whether the proposal would create a loophole in campaign finance law, which bars personal use of such funds.

The proposal would establish “a new blueprint for federal politicians to rehabilitate their reputations after a scandal using other people’s money—specifically, using past electoral contributors’ money,” said election attorney Paul S. Ryan, vice president for policy and litigation at the watchdog group Common Cause.