Watchdog groups file criminal complaint against Trump campaign, Cambridge Analytica and Bolton super PAC

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and Democracy 21 filed a criminal complaint alleging that the Trump campaign and a super PAC controlled by President Trump's new national security adviser John Bolton worked with the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to violate a law preventing foreign nations from participating in US elections. The groups allege that the John Bolton Super PAC, the Trump campaign and its former chairman Stephen Bannon were aware of Cambridge Analytica's nefarious activities. "The law prohibits foreign nationals from participating, directly or indirectly, in elections in the United States," said Noah Bookbinder, CREW's executive director. "What’s worse than the fact that it apparently happened in this case is that the people involved apparently knew they were breaking the law and continued to do so anyway," he added. The complaint also names SCL Elections, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, and demands an investigation into whether Trump's campaign and Bolton's super PAC knew about alleged foreign activities when they worked with the firm.