WI Ethics Commission accuses Adam Steen and Rep. Janel Brandtjen of campaign finance scheme

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Trump called Steen a "motivated patriot" when endorsing him shortly before the 2022 primary.
47% : Trump called Steen a "motivated patriot" when endorsing him shortly before the 2022 primary.
37% : Trump and Brandtjen backed Vos's primary opponent, Adam Steen.
37% : Trump and Brandtjen backed Vos's primary opponent, Adam Steen.
36% : The ethics commission alleges that Trump's Save America political action committee, Brandtjen, Republican Party officials in three counties and Steen's campaign conspired to avoid state fundraising limits in the effort to defeat Vos, steering at least $40,000 into the bid.
36% : The ethics commission alleges that Trump's Save America political action committee, Brandtjen, Republican Party officials in three counties and Steen's campaign conspired to avoid state fundraising limits in the effort to defeat Vos, steering at least $40,000 into the bid.
34% : The commission alleges that Trump's fundraising committee and state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, a Trump ally, conspired in a scheme to evade campaign finance laws to support the Republican primary challenger to Vos in 2022.Vos angered Trump after he fired a former state Supreme Court justice whom Vos had hired to investigate Trump's discredited allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
22% : Vos launched the probe under pressure from Trump, but eventually distanced himself from the false claims of election fraud and calls to overturn President Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin.
22% : Vos launched the probe under pressure from Trump, but eventually distanced himself from the false claims of election fraud and calls to overturn President Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin.
8% : Vos angered Trump after he fired a former state Supreme Court justice whom Vos had hired to investigate Trump's discredited allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

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