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RED BARBLUE BARSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) re-election campaign is facing scrutiny from the&nbsp;Federal Election Commission (FEC) and he is now being required to answer questions regarding suspected accounting errors.The letter and a 60-page report, written by&nbsp;FEC campaign analyst Susan Worthington to McConnell’s Senate Committee, were sent to McConnell’s campaign treasurer, Larry J. Steinberg on Monday. The committee pointed out “Apparent Excessive, Prohibited, and Impermissible Contributions” regarding donations recorded in McConnell’s July quarterly report that suggests multiple contributions may have exceeded the legal limits.ADVERTISEMENTWorthington also pointed out that there were contributions&nbsp;“received after the 2020 primary election that are designated for the 2020 primary.“These contributions may only be accepted to the extent that the committee has net debts outstanding from the 2020 primary election,” Worthington wrote.The report also raised questions about “one or more contributions that appear to be from a limited liability corporation(s) (LLC).” The FEC is requesting that McConnell clarify the nature of the LLCs in question.“Please amend your report to clarify if the LLCs in question are treated as partnerships,” Worthington wrote.If the Republican lawmaker cannot offer clarity, his campaign will be required to return funds from those particular companies.ADVERTISEMENT“If any apparently excessive contribution in question was incompletely or incorrectly disclosed, you must amend your original report with clarifying information,” Worthington wrote. “Please be reminded that all refunds, redesignations, and reattributions must be made within 60 days of receipt of the contribution. To date, one or more of the apparent excessive contributions have not been refunded, redesignated, or reattributed.”The latest probe into McConnell’s campaign accounting reports comes just days after the Senate leader announced his intent to support President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. McConnell and Trump’s announcements were met with opposition since the country is just 40 days away from the upcoming presidential election.… then let us make a small request. The COVID crisis has cut advertising rates in half, and we need your help. Like you, we here at Raw Story believe in the power of progressive journalism. Raw Story readers power David Cay Johnston’s DCReport, which we've expanded to keep watch in Washington. We’ve exposed billionaire and uncovered White House efforts to . We’ve revealed , and legal efforts to harm workers exploited by . And unlike other news outlets, we’ve decided to make our original content free. 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Invest with us in the future. , orReport typos and corrections to: .Fox News analyst Chris Stirewalt was bewildered on Thursday after President Donald Trump showed up at the Supreme Court to pay his respects to former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.As Trump appeared next to Ginsburg's casket, the crowd could be heard jeering the president."I don't know why he went," a confused Stirewalt said. "He didn't go to John Lewis' memoriam. He wasn't there for that stuff. And for good reason. Right? These people don't want him there. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's folks don't want him there. It's going to be an ugly scene.""I guess, he's the president. He can go where ever he wants," the Fox News contributor added. "And he has security so that he can go do it. But you just wonder what the political calculation was here in going to a place where you know you will be received poorly, going to a place where you know the folks there don't want you to be."On Thursday, Gizmodo that many of the Trump supporters identified as "real people whose lives have been positively impacted by President Trump’s policies" in the president's Facebook ads are actually Republican candidates and operatives."Take that is currently running on Facebook," reported Matt Novak. "It shows Kim Sherk, who’s not identified by name in the ad, and yet is the president of the Georgia Federation of Republican Women. A Georgia newspaper, the Marietta Daily Journal recognized Sherk, which might be why these ads are running in states like California, Illinois, and Mississippi, according to the Facebook ad library, rather than her home state of Georgia ... the ad never identifies Sherk as a political operative, let alone one who’s visited the White House, as we can see from a photo posted to the Cobb County Republican Party website."&nbsp; Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said on Thursday that President Donald Trump is not planning for a peaceful transfer of power because he expects to win.During a press conference on Wednesday, Trump of power if he loses in November."We're going to have to see what happens. You know that I have been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And the ballots are a disaster,” he remarked. “Get rid of the ballots and you'll have a very peaceful — there won't be a transfer frankly. There'll be a continuation.”&nbsp;&nbsp;Comments:

RED BARBLUE BARSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) re-election campaign is facing scrutiny from the&nbsp;Federal Election Commission (FEC) and he is now being required to answer questions regarding suspected accounting errors.The letter and a 60-page report, written by&nbsp;FEC campaign analyst Susan Worthington to McConnell’s Senate Committee, were sent to McConnell’s campaign treasurer, Larry J. Steinberg on Monday. The committee pointed out “Apparent Excessive, Prohibited, and Impermissible Contributions” regarding donations recorded in McConnell’s July quarterly report that...

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