Yeah, I’m Sure the Husband’s Super PAC is TOTALLY Independent of the Wife’s Campaign

Bethesda Magazine:

…Meanwhile, Epstein in early June put $300,000 into Maryland USA, an “independent expenditure” committee created late last year to promote Hoeber’s candidacy—bringing to more than $500,000 the amount that the couple has laid out over the past couple of months alone. Epstein’s latest contribution is relatively modest when compared to the $2.1 million he had previously donated to Maryland USA, a so-called Super PAC, since it was created a year ago..

In contrast, Hoeber’s personal campaign committee reported spending a total of nearly $560,000 through June 30, virtually all of this directed toward her campaign to secure the Republican nomination. And Maryland USA, in its latest filings, reported spending more than $1.45 million for independent expenditure efforts—including TV and digital advertising as well as direct mail—to promote her candidacy, most of it directed to the primary campaign.

Unlike a candidate’s personal campaign committee, which has strict limits on the amount of donations it can accept from anyone but the candidate, Super PACs can take unlimited contributions from individuals and corporations. Super PACs and other independent expenditure efforts are barred by law from coordinating their activities with a candidate’s campaign committee—notwithstanding that, in this instance, the candidate and the donor underwriting the Super PAC happen to reside under the same roof.

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