MOSCOW, July 22 (Bernama-Sputnik) -- An attempt to transfer funds raised by US President Joe Biden’s campaign to potential Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris could trigger a lawsuit, according to a report by The Washington Post newspaper that cited lawyers on Monday, reported Sputnik.
On Sunday, Biden said that he would withdraw from the presidential race and endorsed Harris to be the Democratic Party's nominee for US president.
"Biden can’t transfer his money to Harris because it was raised under his own name, and there is no legal mechanism for it to have been raised jointly with Harris before they were their party’s nominees," a prominent Republican Party campaign finance lawyer, Charlie Spies, was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
First, Biden and Harris would have to be officially nominated by the Democratic Party convention as the party's nominees for president and vice president respectively. Then the vice presidential candidate is allowed to receive the money if the presidential candidate withdraws, he explained.
Otherwise, the issue could be taken up with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which is equally staffed by Republican and Democratic representatives, meaning it is likely to reach a stalemate and the matter would have to be resolved judicially, the newspaper wrote, citing several campaign finance lawyers.
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