A former aide for one of the GOP’s 2012 presidential hopefuls, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission, reported the Star Tribune.

Peter Waldron alleges that a PAC associated with Bachmann, MichelePAC, used funds to pay a longtime fundraising consultant, Guy Short, who helped start the PAC and was at one point her national political director.

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He was paid while others agreed to go without their checks at the end of 2011 — including Waldron, who says he and others are still owed money by the campaign.

“They can’t pay a PAC employee to function as a senior staff member in a supervisory role in a presidential campaign,” Waldron has said.

It also claims Bachmann paid state senator and chair of her Iowa campaign, Kent Sorenson, $7,500 per month, although Waldron says Iowa stipulates that the senator can’t be paid for presidential campaign work.

An attorney for the Minnesota representative denies the allegations, reported TwinCities.com.

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