National union gives $190,000 to Independent Source PAC

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ALBUQUERQUE - Independent Source PAC, a liberal Super-PAC run by Bill Richardson's former private investigator, today filed their quarterly report with the Federal Elections Commission showing that they received another $90,000 from the Communication Workers of America, a national labor union. The PAC has now received a whopping $190,000 from the national union to fund their smear efforts against Governor Martinez. While ISPAC claims to be a watchdog group, we now learn ISPAC itself is under federal investigation by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) and their latest report raises serious questions about potential fraud. In March, the FEC notified ISPAC that they were in violation of federal law. Among other issues, the FEC alleged that the PAC illegally failed to report campaign expenditures and their balances didn't add up. Read the letter:  http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/914/12330003914/12330003914.pdf#navpanes=0 In the finance report released today, ISPAC states that expenditures for television ads were to support the Presidential campaign of Barack Obama. But the only ads that have been produced by the PAC and placed on TV are about state issues — attacking Governor Martinez on education and the state fair. See video here. "Bill Richardson's former private investigator appears to be picking up where his former client left off — skirting the law. Independent Source PAC is providing fraudulent information to the federal government about their activities and the Republican Party of New Mexico will be notifying the Federal Election Commission of the new violations disclosed in today's report," said Republican Party of New Mexico spokesman Annaliese Wiederspahn. 

National union gives $190,000 to Independent Source PAC