The firm's owner, Steven Presson, who is still working for the Hadley campaign, called Muratsuchi's claim "preposterous" and "fabricated." The commission confirmed that it received a complaint against the Hadley campaign Wednesday, but is barred from releasing details of the complaint for five days. A few weeks later, Presson refunded the $4,000 to the independent expenditure committee, the same day Spirit of Democracy first reported dropping funds to support Hadley's bid. Spirit of Democracy, which is funded largely by Republican mega-donor Charles Munger Jr., has spent more than $292,000 to support Hadley this year. When another committee took over that effort, he refunded the consulting fees to Munger's committee, he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 07, 2016 18:46 UTC