Ethics group targets Carolina Rising
A Washington-based ethics watchdog complains that Carolina Rising served as an conduit for what amounts to off-the-books campaign donations. The group has insisted it only aired issue ads.
Posted — UpdatedIn particular, the complaint points to tax code provisions that require a 501(c)(4) social welfare nonprofit like Carolina Rising to spend more than half its time and energy on something other than political campaigns. More than 97 percent of the group's money went toward ads that backed Tillis, the complaint said.
Carolina Rising was once headed by Dallas Woodhouse, who has since resigned to become executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party.
CREW bills itself as a nonpartisan group and has leveled complaints against both Republicans and Democrats.
When asked for comment about the complaint, Woodhouse texted “publicity stunt,” following it up with an email calling CREW a “blatantly partisan organization. What hypocrisy.”
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