Category Archives: campaign finance
“The Coming Storm? Hush Money and the Federal Election Campaign Act”–On Trump at That $130K to Stormy Daniels
Important analysis by Thomas Frampton at the Harvard Law Review blog:
In August 2016, federal law enforcement and intelligence officials were alerted to an unsettling possibility: then-candidate Trump’s personal indiscretions might leave him susceptible to the threat of Russian blackmail… Continue reading
“Small Donor Percentage Dropped in NYC, Raising ‘Warning Flags’ About a System that ‘Set the Standard'”
NYC: “2 Donors Plead Guilty, but the Mayor Is Not Charged. Why?”
Interesting New York Times report on Mayor De Blasio. Something stinks.
“In our post-television age, a new opening for campaign finance reform”
David Schultz oped in The Hill.
“Why Can You Buy a Government But You Can’t Pay for Sex?”
Ron Fein oped for Newsweek.
“Secret donors come back to boost former-Koch group”
Robert Maguire for Open Secrets:
A secretive political group that is little more than a mailbox full of money in a Des Moines UPS Store raised more than $29.4 million in 2016, most of which was funneled into ads… Continue reading
“What First Amendment? Republicans cast themselves as champions of the First Amendment, but they’ve done nothing to stop Donald Trump’s war on free speech.”
I’ve been waiting for someone to write about this, and here’s Eliza Newlin Carney with a good one:
Indeed, Trump’s assault on free speech is far more direct, aggressive, and broadly destructive than anything yet seen in the United States. … Continue reading
“Who’s against limiting money’s power in D.C. politics? Perhaps the Democratic mayor.”
“Campaign Donor Pleaded Guilty to Trying to Bribe Mayor de Blasio”
NYT:
A campaign donor to Mayor Bill de Blasio secretly pleaded guilty in federal court to bribery, admitting that he used his contributions to the mayor to try to win favorable lease terms for a restaurant he owned on city… Continue reading
“Trump Allies Are Profiting From Multiple Trump Groups, Testing Campaign Finance Laws”
BuzzFeed:
President Donald Trump’s close political advisers are making millions of dollars working for several different entities gearing up for Trump’s re-election campaign — raising questions about whether they are following campaign finance laws designed to keep campaigns from coordinating… Continue reading
New Campaign Finance Questions in Canada About Independent Expenditures and Levelling the Playing Field
SEC Staff Helping Businesses Fight Shareholder Resolutions to Mandate Disclosure of Political Spending
Paul Hodgson column in Investor Relations.
“Alleged payment to porn star was illegal donation to Trump campaign, watchdog says”
Josh Gerstein for Politico:
A watchdog group filed a pair of complaints on Monday alleging that a $130,000 payment reportedly made to a pornographic film actress who claims to have had an affair with Donald Trump violated campaign finance laws.… Continue reading