{"id":50322,"date":"2024-04-19T15:12:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T22:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/federal-complaint-filed-against-san-jose-congressional-candidate-sam-liccardo\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:12:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T22:12:39","slug":"federal-complaint-filed-against-san-jose-congressional-candidate-sam-liccardo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/federal-complaint-filed-against-san-jose-congressional-candidate-sam-liccardo\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal complaint filed against San Jose congressional candidate Sam Liccardo"},"content":{"rendered":"
Silicon Valley congressional candidate Sam Liccardo is facing a complaint with the federal election commission alleging his campaign is coordinating a \u201cdark money\u201d effort to fund a highly-criticized recount in the Congressional District 16 race.\u00a0 Max Zarzana, a 25-year prosecutor and president of the Santa Clara County Government Attorneys Association, filed a complaint with federal political watchdog on Friday. He accused the former San Jose mayor\u2019s campaign of engaging in a \u201csecret scheme to illegally coordinate with a newly-formed dark money Super PAC to do his CD-16 recount bidding.\u201d He said the move is in line with his \u201cpast anti-transparent…<\/p>\n