Casey campaign files FEC complaint over Santorum ads

[Thom Little]

Bob Casey Jr. filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, alleging a third-party group that has run ads in support of Sen. Rick Santorum violated federal election laws.

Casey - Pennsylvania's treasurer and Santorum's likely Democratic challenger in the 2006 election - alleges the group violated election law by not revealing the identity of its donors.

The group, Americans for Job Security, "conspired to make illegal corporate expenditures in connection with a federal election, failed to register and report as a political committee with the Federal Election Commission, and failed to comply with disclaimer requirements," according to the complaint filed by Casey's campaign.

Michael Dubke, president of the Virginia-based group, denied any wrongdoing. He said his group is not a political committee so it is not required to make such disclosures.



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