Gingrich-Pelosi "Global Warming" Ad Probably Broke Campaign Finance Laws [someone]

Because Pelosi has a primary next month:

“It's prohibited,” a Republican campaign finance lawyer, Jan Baran, said. He said the ad constitutes a "coordinated" expenditure on behalf of Ms. Pelosi's campaign by the group sponsoring the ad, the Alliance for Climate Protection. Any ad of that sort distributed in a candidate’s district within 90 days of a congressional primary or general election is deemed a campaign donation, Mr. Baran said.

"She's in the ad. That means it's coordinated," a Republican attorney who battles to overturn campaign finance laws, James Bopp Jr., said. "I'm a guy that specializes in loopholes. I don't know of any loopholes."

The ad could also trigger a requirement for Mr. Gore’s group to report publicly on its donors, campaign finance lawyers said.

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