“Opinion: The many campaign finance violations divulged in Trump’s hush-money criminal trial”
Ciara Torres Spelliscy at Law and Crime.
Category Archives: campaign finance
May 7 CAP Online Event on Citizens United Includes Sheldon Whitehouse, Shana Broussard, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Haan and Tom Moore
Top New York Election Lawyers Cannot Recall Anyone Ever Prosecuted for the NY Election Law Being Used to Try to Turn Trump’s Hush Money Payments into a Felony
Business Insider confirms what I suspected:
Now, Manhattan prosecutors now say an old, rarely used section of the state election law is their favorite on the menu of potential underlying crimes.
“As the court is aware, falsifying business records in… Continue reading
I Spoke to the PBS News Hour About Trump’s Hush Money Case Starting Monday
You can watch William Brangham’s report here, also featuring Jerry Goldfeder and Jessica Roth:
“Scoop: DNC covered Biden legal bills in special counsel probe”
Axios:
President Biden used campaign donations to help pay his legal bills last year during the special counsel’s probe into his handling of classified documents, according to two people familiar with the matter and an Axios review of campaign finance… Continue reading
“Super PACs keep testing the limits of campaign finance law”
Politico:
Super PACs keep pushing the boundaries of campaign finance law this cycle.
They’re using novel financial arrangements, like taking “bridge funding” in the form of undisclosed de facto loans from major donors or receiving ad revenue from a candidate’s… Continue reading
“How Republicans texted and emailed their way into a money problem”
WaPo:
In the years after Donald Trump lost the presidency to Joe Biden, Trump sent so many emails and text messages asking for money that Republican consultants warned his mailing lists could become useless. The former president’s friends told him… Continue reading
“How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100 Million in Legal Bills”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump has spent more than $100 million since leaving office, on lawyers and other costs related to fending off various investigations, indictments and his coming criminal trials, according to a New York Times review of… Continue reading
“Can Trump use campaign funds to pay his $454 million civil fraud debt? Absolutely not.”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy at Law & Crime.
“Coordination in Plain Sight: The Breadth and Uses of ‘Redboxing’ in Congressional Elections”
Gabriel Foy-Sutherland and Saurav Ghosh have written this article for ELJ. Here is the abstract:
This article examines the campaign strategy known as “redboxing.” Redboxing refers to efforts by candidates and parties to bypass laws prohibiting them from coordinating campaign… Continue reading
“Republicans Are Counting on Millionaires to Flip the Senate”
NYT:
Since his rise to the presidency, Donald J. Trump has claimed enormous wealth as proof that he is an anti-establishment ally of the working class, not beholden to corporate donors or special interests.
The Republican Party, eyeing control of… Continue reading
“Cross-Border Influencers: Democracy and Externalities”
Saul Levmore has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The United States does not allow foreigners to influence U.S. elections by giving money to political parties or candidates, but many other countries do allow cross-border influencing. Indeed,… Continue reading
“How Trump Is Scrambling to Raise Cash”
NYT:
As many as three nights a week, Donald J. Trump has been hosting private dinners at Mar-a-Lago, schmoozing with some of the Republican Party’s biggest financiers as he races to address a sizable cash shortfall against President Biden.
There… Continue reading
“Election Deniers Skirted Campaign Finance Laws in Wisconsin”
Grady Yuthok Short of the Brennan Center analyzes.