FEC is asked to investigate $500,000 donation to PAC backing Francis Suarez from Chinese straw donor

MIAMI — A complaint filed with the Federal Elections Commission Tuesday accused an online artificial flower vendor of illegally funneling half a million dollars from an unidentified source into a Super PAC backing Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president. In its complaint calling for an FEC investigation, the Campaign Legal Center, a non-partisan watchdog organization, alleged that PassionForest LLC — a small online vendor founded in 2021 — appeared to be a straw donor, illegally masking the identity of whoever was behind a $500,000 contribution to SOS...