What a surprise. The US Chamber of Commerce is raising millions of dollars in foreign contributions, and spending them on political activities, though they are claiming that they are claiming that it’s on the up and up:

The US Chamber of Commerce has responded to this post in a statement to the Politico’s Ben Smith. The Chamber’s Tita Freeman did not dispute that the Chamber’s 501(c)(6) organization running attack ads receives foreign funds, and simply claimed, “We have a system in place” to prevent foreign funding for the Chamber’s “political activities.”

It’s called money laundering, and it’s illegal.

We also a complaint filed against Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS group with the IRS for misuse of their 501(c)4 tax status.

If Barack Obama really wanted to change the atmosphere in Washington, going after crap like this, where people are not just bending the rules, but are

I am not suggesting that Obama specifically get the FBI on the Chamber of Commerce and Rove, that’s Nixonian, but making it clear to the senior staff of the DoJ that there will be a zero tolerance policy on crap like this is both ethically sound and justified by the facts.

Don’t hold your breath though.

Not gonna happen……

Wouldn’t be prudent.