Republicans block probe of contributions by Chinese elites to Trump PAC through spa operator
Elections finance law complaints against an Asian day-spa operator from South Florida who allegedly funneled contributions from Chinese elites, likely including foreign nationals, to a campaign committee backing then-President Donald Trump have quietly been dismissed.
The dismissal by the Federal Elections Commission came despite a staff finding that laws likely were broken and that the matter merited the FEC’s full attention. The six-member panel split 3-3, as is its usual practice, on whether to proceed, with Democrats voting yes and Republicans saying no. Four votes are needed for a full investigation to occur.
The dismissals were first reported by the Florida Bulldog.
Complaints against Li “Cindy” Yang, who raised campaign cash and parlayed persistence to gain access to Republican circles in Florida and get pictures taken with the then-president, were filed by Common Cause, a Washington-based watchdog group, and the Campaign Legal Center. The dismissal of those complaints came three years after the Miami Herald first revealed Yang’s activities in a series of articles titled Trump Tourism.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-block-probe-contributions-chinese-160419556.html
Glad the Republicans care so much about our country's security.
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and would have been replaced by now if Biden and Senate Dems had the desire and will (when the term is expired they stay on until the new one is nominated and confirmed).
While the FEC cannot have more than 3 commissioners from the same party, commissioners can be independents, and it would be possible to have a 3-2-1 of D-R-I instead of the 3-3 we have now.
Cooksey (the Repuke in question) had his term expire in April 2021. There's been plenty of time to replace him.
Why isn't having a functional FEC not gridlocked by partisan votes not a higher priority? 
