Vote or Die under investigation

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) has filed a formal complaint against Sean “Diddy” Combs with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) claiming the mogul’s support of John Kerry for President may have violated the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) and the Internal Revenue Service Code.

Peter Flaherty, President of The NLPC, references two rallies staged by Diddy and his non-profit group Citizen Change where such partisan politics took place, including an Oct. 26, 2004 event in Detroit during which Leonardo DiCaprio and Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick urged the crowd to vote for Kerry.

The Complaint states that Citizen Change’s address was listed as the same as Diddy’s business address and alleges that Diddy could have used his company’s corporate funds to illegally support Citizen Change’s activities.

The NLPC wants the FEC to find out if Diddy used his Vote or Die campaign to advance “commercial activity, namely Combs' line of clothing and/or his clothing company.”