Paul S. Ryan, vice president of policy and litigation at campaign watchdog Common Cause, said the allegations cover “massive violations,” including breaking a law more than 100 years old.

“Federal law prohibits candidates from receiving contributions from corporations. This law has been on the books for more than a century for the purpose of preventing politicians from being in the pocket of big corporations,” Ryan told The Daily Beast. The audit, he said, “shows his campaign likely committed massive violations of...

Common Cause Maryland, a nonpartisan fair-elections advocate, trained and dispatched more than 1,000 volunteers to polling places in 22 counties. Volunteers were asked to report any sightings of voter intimidation or harassment through a group communication app at the end of their shifts.

A spokeswoman for the organization said no incidents were reported.

"The population in the state has increased and grown above the national average," Atlanta-based attorney, and Common Cause Board Member, Emmet Bondurant recalled thinking. "And yet the number of registered voters [was] going down."

Paul Ryan, Vizepräsident der Regierungsaufsichtsbehörde Common Cause, sagte, Trumps Offenlegung untermauere die Beschwerde der Federal Election Commission, wonach die Zahlung vom Wahlkampfteam hätte gemeldet werden müssen. Als Trump von der Zahlung an Daniels erfuhr – was noch immer unklar ist –, hätte er das Wahlkampfteam anweisen müssen, dies zu melden, sagte Ryan.

„Donald Trumps Rückerstattung an Michael Cohen bringt ihn mitten in einen Verstoß gegen die Wahlkampffinanzierung, von dem er einst abgestritten hatte, etwas zu wissen“, sagte Ryan. „Es ist ein …“

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