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Washington Times: FEC pressed to probe Dish TV chief

Read the full story here. Washington Times

“A watchdog group wants federal election regulators to investigate whether the head of a major satellite-television company forced company executives to donate to prominent Democratic campaigns in recent years.

Citing an “insider” source, the nonprofit Cause of Action filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission late Wednesday asking investigators to look into whether Dish Network’s chairman threatened executives with the loss of their jobs if they refused to donate to favored candidates.

The complaint, made public on Thursday, said the watchdog had received information from a source it did not identify that Dish executives, including Chief Operating Officer Bernard Han, were being “compelled” to make political donations by the company’s chairman, Charles Ergen…”

New Filings in the NARA Lawsuit

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