Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann’s campaign has filed a complaint accusing his Republican primary challenger state Sen. Chris McDaniel of “clear violations of Mississippi law” with his campaign money.

The secretary of state’s office, records show, has forwarded the complaint to the criminal investigations division of the attorney general’s office.

Hosemann’s complaint comes after a Mississippi Today article last month pointed out McDaniel’s financial reports for his campaign and a political action committee he runs leave voters in the dark about the source of hundreds of thousands of dollars and raise questions about whether donations violated state law.

McDaniel, through a campaign spokeswoman, said he has done nothing wrong, but will be returning a $237,500 contribution from what has been described as a “dark money” nonprofit corporation in Virginia that dumps millions of anonymously sourced funds into campaigns nationwide.

“We are confident we would prevail in court,” said McDaniel campaign spokeswoman Nicole Tardif. “However, to avoid a protracted legal fight with the establishment, we decided to refund the contribution.”

Tardif declined to answer several questions, but fired at Hosemann: “Delbert Hosemann has spent the past four years rewarding Democrats and hoping no one would expose him. So we aren’t surprised Delbert is obsessing over an alleged campaign finance issue to avoid talking about his abysmal, liberal record.”

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