Charities are cashing in from ex-pols’ campaign checks

Their swords are now plowshares. Elected officials who have retired from the political fray are spending their golden years emptying their campaign coffers by writing generous checks — often to charitable groups. Politicians spend their careers amassing donations to fund their political battles, but state election law doesn’t require they refund donors for unspent campaign...

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