Advocates are warning of a blitz of “dark money” spending following the official transfer of $82.5 million in funds raised to support Gov. Ron DeSantis’ gubernatorial election campaign to Never Back Down Inc., a political action committee that supports his presidential campaign.
The transfer is drawing legal scrutiny, and sparked a formal complaint by the Washington D.C.-based Campaign Legal Center filed with the Federal Election Commission against DeSantis on May 30 following early reports of the maneuver.