Odaily Planet Daily News Cryptocurrency critic Molly White and consumer rights group Public Citizen filed the latest complaint with the Federal Election Commission, continuing to accuse Coinbase of violating US campaign finance laws. The initial complaint was filed on August 1, accusing Coinbase of violating campaign finance laws after it began negotiating a contract with the Marshals Service in early March. They claimed that the cryptocurrency exchange donated $25 million to the pro-crypto advocate Fairshake Super Political Action Committee in May, violating campaign finance laws because they were "federal contractors." Coinbase later denied the allegations, and Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal posted that Coinbase was not subject to certain campaign finance laws because the Marshals Service did not pay Coinbase with congressional appropriations, so Coinbase was not a federal contractor. The latest complaint filed by White and Public Citizen on August 5 questioned this rebuttal: "Because the asset confiscation fund is a congressional appropriation, Coinbase received compensation from congressional appropriations to perform the contract and is therefore a federal contractor." (Cointelegraph)