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Tribune editorial: Why the silence while suspicious PAC raked in cash?

So there were plenty of suspicions about the Americans for an Informed Electorate PAC, but no one wanted to inform the electorate about them.

Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox says he notified law enforcement a year and a half ago — roughly the beginning of 2018 — of possible illegal activity in the political action committee’s fund-raising. PAC officials say they operate a legit political outreach operation, but many of the people it solicited say the PAC was more interested in their money than their opinions.

But after the Cox-prompted investigation began, Americans for an Informed Electorate still raised another $1.