The U.S. Department of Justice will not file any charges against the Working Families Party of New York. The party had faced the possibility that it broke campaign finance laws by its close relationship with a company that runs campaigns. See this New York Times story. The story also mentions the continuing uncertainty as to whether Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo will accept the cross-endorsement of the Working Families Party.
They ought to change their name to “Working Lawyers Party”. Their lawyers (and other political connections, too) bought them a pass on federal charges, and all their statewide candidates are working lawyers (Yes, yes, it’s only temporary. The Democrats still have time for a change of heart)at least for now.
Can we at least be confident that they won’t be working on campaign finance reform issues any time soon?