Additionally, the problem of Albany corruption again being addressed not by
internal state watchdogs, but instead by the U.S. Attorney who this month is prosecuting charges against the two most recent former legislative leaders, demonstrates the clear need to strengthen our state's own ethics enforcement.
Watchdog group OpenSecrets got a hold of
Internal Revenue Service records that show Mercer gave $ 2 million in 2016 to Secure America Now, a group that worked with Facebook and Google to target voters in
states such as Nevada and North Carolina.