I&#x27;m not an expert on federal campaign law, only state level, but it&#x27;s possible this could also be considered a large in-kind campaign donation by the DNC. Certainly, there are real dollar prices associated with access to NGP VAN&#x27;s databases and it seems very unlikely that the Sanders campaign got in for free. I can&#x27;t speak to the legalities of it, but a court could certainly treat this as the DNC providing monetary aid to the Clinton campaign or even denying pre-paid services to the Sanders campaign without just compensation.<p>When we were given discounts on campaign databases, our financial paperwork was required to reflect them as donations.