The Huffington Post
California’s Fair Political Practices Commission on Thursday will announce a settlement in its probe into an $11 million contribution made by a “dark money” nonprofit group in the 2012 elections, according to a source with knowledge of the case. The commission will disclose the deal at a press conference scheduled for noon.
The settlement involves an $11 million contribution from the previously unknown Arizona-based nonprofit Americans for Responsible Leadership to the Small Business Action Committee, which opposed Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax increase initiative in last year’s elections. Common Cause California spotted the contribution and reported it to the Fair Political Practices Commission, which began an investigation.
