WASHINGTON — A campaign finance watchdog group filed a complaint against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday, alleging he improperly spent more than $100,000 on his U.S. Senate campaign.
The complaint, filed by the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, focuses on the gubernatorial campaign account that Greitens used after he resigned in 2018, following allegations of sexual assault and blackmail, and before he had officially declared his candidacy for U.S. Senate.
According to federal law, candidates cannot use money they’ve raised for a state election on a federal campaign.
