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WASHINGTON — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has raised historically massive sums of money since President Joe Biden announced on Sunday he’d not stand for reelection.

But political money hasn’t always been easy for Harris.

Federal records indicate that Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, which she abandoned in late 2019 before a Democratic primary or caucus vote had been cast, experienced a most messy financial ending — one that didn’t officially arrive until less than a year ago....

Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign press secretary and an outspoken fiscal hawk, has more than $100,000 in debt from her failed 2022 run for Congress, according to Raw Story’s review of Federal Election Commission records.

The filing by Karoline for Congress earlier this week shows the committee saddled with $105,605 in debt against $12,816 cash on hand as of June 30.

Leavitt ran for Congress at age 25 — the Constitutional minimum for members of the U.S. House of Representatives — and lost by 8 percentage points to Democrat Chris Pappas in New Hampshire’s 1st District....

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign received a nastygram from the Federal Election Commission again — this time, in the form of a 243-page letter flagging suspected illegal contributions.

Trump’s campaign appears to have accepted dozens of donations that exceed federal contribution limits — $3,300 per person to a candidate per election — from supporters who often made miniscule but repeated donations in a bizarre, seemingly random, manner.

Take Gail D. Lopez, listed in public documents as a retiree from Lacombe, La., who made 1,450 separate contributions to Trump’s campaign in less than 17 months....

Are you a lobbyist itching for a fishing trip with Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), the top Republican on the powerful Senate Finance Committee?

How about skiing and face time with Crapo?

For years, Crapo has brazenly given donors to his political action committee a veritable menu for the access that their money can buy....

Michigan’s state Democratic committee has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, accusing a Republican congressional candidate of illegally coordinating with a super PAC funded by his brother, Raw Story has learned.

The letter, from Michigan Democratic Party Chairwoman Lavora Barnes, questions the circumstances surrounding what initially appeared to be a $1 million contribution by Paul Hudson, a Republican candidate for Congress in Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District, to the West Michigan for Change super PAC, which is supporting his candidacy.

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