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High on politics? Feds press Green Party presidential candidate on payment to weed church

High on politics? Feds press Green Party presidential candidate on payment to weed church

INDIANAPOLIS — A Green Party presidential candidate made a $300 payment to the First Church of Cannabis and, understandably, the Federal Election Commission is skeptical.

A Raw Story review of public records shows the FEC sent Jill Stein for President 2024 a letter questioning the legitimacy of the transaction and soliciting an explanation.

Jason Call, a spokesman for Stein’s campaign, told Raw Story that the payment to the Church of Cannabis was for rental of the building for a campaign event during the eclipse....