‘Straw Donor’ Sent $2.5 Million to Conservative Causes, Watchdog Complaint Alleges

Republican Senate hopefuls Matt Dolan and Tim Sheehy got the biggest boost from Ardleigh Impact Corp. The company may exist only on paper.

A polling place at Chagrin Falls High School in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, on March 19, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

An apparently bogus business entity spent more than $2.5 million on various Republican campaigns in February and March, according to a new complaint filed by a watchdog group.

On May 7, the Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that a so-called straw donor, Ardleigh Impact Corp., sent a total of about $2.6 million to six conservative political action committees.