The California FPPC announced in October 2020 that it was opening up an investigation into Andrew Do for potentially engaging in illegal money laundering, with the Orange County Republican Party allegedly acting as an intermediary to skirt campaign contribution limits. 1 

Andrew Do’s campaign treasurer and chief of staff were involved with a 2010 campaign that pled guilty to laundering $65,000 in campaign money – with both officials refusing to cooperate with investigators, blowing off interviews that they were subpoenaed to appear at. 2 

Do spent nearly $250,000 of County taxpayer money to hire the same consultants who work on his political campaign to send out the mailers, while at the same time he was cutting the County budgets for public health protection and other essential local services. 3

Andrew Do was investigated by State Officials for allegedly breaking the law by influencing decisions on government contracts with lobbyists who gave maximum contributions to his re-election campaign. 4 

Andrew Do got caught using taxpayer money to send nearly 1.2 million mailers to targeted voters ahead of his last reelection campaign, which ethics watchdogs called “inappropriate,” “troubling,” and “offensive.” 5 

Andrew Do voted to needlessly destroy government emails and text messages two years after they’re sent or received. 6 

Andrew Do secretly filed a motion to appoint a paid lobbyist to sit on the County’s Airport Commission, triggering calls for an investigation for appointing someone with a financial motive to make policy.7