A conservative legal group plans to file a Federal Election Commission complaint against Rep. Chris Van Hollen, alleging the Montgomery County Democrat failed to disclose in-kind legal assistance he received when he sued the government in 2011 in an effort to strengthen campaign finance regulations.
Cause of Action Institute, a Washington-based group that opposed Van Hollen’s lawsuit, will argue that the congressman’s campaign should have disclosed the pro bono legal work on its FEC reports because the lawsuit benefited his campaign….
Tax records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times show that by 2013, Cause of Action Institute was mostly funded by $4.35 million from Donors Trust, a nonprofit group through which the Kochs and their allies distribute tens of millions of dollars without disclosing the sources of the funds.