The executive director of the Connecticut Democratic Party says federal officials have ended a criminal investigation into fundraising for Governor Dannel Malloy's 2014 re-election campaign.
Michael Mandell said Thursday the party's attorney, David Golub, received a phone call late Wednesday from the U.S. Attorney's Office, notifying him the probe had ended.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Connecticut declined to comment.
Federal investigators had been looking into whether the party illegally spent $278,000 in political contributions to pay for a mailing benefiting Malloy's successful re-election bid. The money had come from contractors and was earmarked for federal government candidates. A grand jury was convened in the case.
Mandell says the party has "always been confident that there was no wrongdoing" and it had complied with the laws.
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