一个黑钱集团在匿名广告上花费了5M美元 诬告乔治亚州政府中校 Burt Jones的不当行为,引发法律威胁和道德投诉。 A dark money group spent $5M on anonymous ads falsely accusing Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones of misconduct, sparking legal threats and ethics complaints.

一个神秘的团体名为“格鲁吉亚人维护廉正”, 花费约500万美元用于匿名政治广告攻击格鲁吉亚政府中校。 A mysterious group called "Georgians for Integrity" has spent about $5 million on anonymous political ads attacking Georgia Lt. Gov. 伯特·琼斯 共和党州长候选人 从感恩节起 Burt Jones, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, since Thanksgiving. 这些广告指控琼斯利用办公室谋取私利,包括通过数据中心项目的知名域名,被琼斯及其运动指责为虚假,这威胁到法律行动。 The ads, which allege Jones used his office for personal gain, including through eminent domain for a data center project, have been denounced as false by Jones and his campaign, which threatens legal action. 该团体作为非营利性社会福利组织并入特拉华,没有披露其捐助者,促使格鲁吉亚共和党就可能违反竞选资金法的行为向国家伦理委员会提出申诉。 The group, incorporated in Delaware as a nonprofit social welfare organization, has not disclosed its donors, prompting the Georgia Republican Party to file a complaint with the State Ethics Commission over potential campaign finance law violations. 支出突显了无法追踪的“黑钱”在州选举中的影响力日益增强, The spending highlights the growing influence of untraceable "dark money" in state elections, a trend enabled by the 2010 Citizens United decision.