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| Hello, An FEC complaint was just filed against out of touch Democrat Cait Conley for violating federal election law.  The complaint alleges that a spokeswoman for Conley’s campaign was not paid by the campaign, but rather by an outside group, which amounts to an in-kind contribution to Conley’s campaign that exceeds campaign contribution limits.It also flags shady payments that seem to indicate that Conley’s campaign illegally coordinated with outside groups. “Out of touch Democrat Cait Conley appears to have broken federal law in an effort to have DC insiders operate her campaign. From failing to keep our service members safe abroad to campaigning on raising taxes on New Yorkers, this is just the latest example that Hudson Valley families cannot trust Cait Conley.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole Read the full story here or see excerpts below: Wannabe NY House Dem Cait Conley illegally coordinated with outside groups in shady payment scheme: FEC complaint New York Post Carl Campanile August 23, 2026 New York House Democratic candidate Cait Conley’s campaign violated law by coordinating with outside groups in a shady payment deal, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission. Andres Gil, chairman of the Putnam County Republican Party and a Lawler ally, filed the complaint against the Conley campaign, several Democratic group and a Conley spokesman at the center of it all, Jackie Rosa. “This complaint concerns a single political operative, Jackie Rosa, who simultaneously served as a de facto communications spokesperson for the Conley Committee, was compensated by one or more outside political organizations – MD PAC and Precinct – rather than by the campaign for that work, and is tied to an entity, Precinct LLC, that the Conley Committee itself paid as a `campaign consultant,’ ” Gil wrote in his Aug. 14 complaint to the FEC. “That combination presents two related, investigable violations of the [Federal Election Campaign] Act,” he said. Rosa functioned as the Conley campaign’s press contact during a competitive Democratic primary earlier this year, the complaint said. “The Conley Committee did not pay for those 2026 services: its only disclosed payments to Precinct were two disbursements totaling $20,000 made in August 2025, months before the services at issue, and it reports no payment of any kind to Ms. Rosa,” the complaint said. The payment for Rosa’s services by some other group amounts to an in-kind contribution to the Conley Committee, which would exceed the campaign contribution limits and appears to violate election law, the complaint said. The eight-page complaint also discusses potential coordination with the Conley campaign through a common vendor. The August 2025 payments confirm Conley’s campaign paid Precinct — and Rosa — as a paid vendor. Coordination among outside groups is not illegal, but such coordination between an outside group and the candidate could be, the complaint said. Maureen O’Toole Eastern Regional Press Secretary motoole@nrcc.org | @MaureenOToole4 |
FEC Complaint Filed Against Cait Conley for Illegally Coordinating with Outside Groups
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