COLUMBUS — “Two county Republican parties are charging that the re-election campaign of Democratic Attorney General Richard Cordray illegally laundered excess campaign funds. The GOP groups have filed their accusation with the Ohio Elections Commission. 

‘It’s hard to prove it’s the same money’ said Catherine Turcer of the watchdog group Ohio Citizen Action.  ‘In many ways the campaign finance system is this system of legalized money laundering.” Bill Cohen, Statehouse News.