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“Whenever campaign money is used for personal legal defense, especially in the context of multiple ethics investigations, it naturally kind of raises public concern — and rightly so,” said Davina Hurt, director of government ethics for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. 

“When you talk about a shift away from multiple individual donors toward PACs and special interests, that signals a deeper problem of eroding public confidence and also outside influence,” Hurt said.

Davina Hurt, Director, Government Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University quoted by The San Francisco Standard.