“After Publishing Strong Evidence of Trump’s Campaign Finance Crimes, DOJ Closes Case Without Explanation”
Paul Ryan in
Just Security on the announced end of the Stormy Daniels campaign finance case.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Prosecutors weighed DOJ policy blocking indictment of a sitting president in closing Trump hush-money probe”
And maybe there’s an
explanation after all.
“John Paul Stevens Was Right: Citizens United Opened the Door to Foreign Money in U.S. Elections”
The Intercept traces
funding from foreign nationals through American corporations to super PACs.
The latest Citizens United constitutional amendment proposal
Relatedly, the latest proposed amendment to overturn Citizens United was filed yesterday. It would ban private funding of support for or opposition to candidates if the funding isn’t a donation to a candidate’s campaign. I’m not a fan.
“Judiciary chair demands Hope Hicks clarify closed-door testimony”
On whether she had direct knowledge of payments to Stormy Daniels, or whether she was “present” when Trump discussed Daniels.
The documents unsealed in the Cohen warrant today seem to suggest there may be more to the story.
2020 Presidential fundraising hits a new record
The Campaign Finance Institute parses
the 2Q returns.
“William Barr’s donations to Senate Republicans spiked just before they confirmed him as attorney general”
Interesting.
And according to the story, unusual:
Neither Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, nor Eric Holder—the three prior attorneys general—made payments to either party committees or senators ahead of confirmation hearings and votes. Holder gave $250 to the Democratic Senatorial… Continue reading
“Court documents show close contact between Cohen and Trump during hush-money arrangements”
Unsealed copies of the Cohen search warrant materials were
released today based on the close of the campaign finance investigation. Here’s the cover letter. Zoe Tillman’s got links
to the docs.
Phone
records in the documents show Cohen… Continue reading
“Feds end investigation into Trump Org and hush money payments”
“Diversifying the Donor Pool: How Did Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers Program Reshape Participation in Municipal Campaign Finance?”
A
new paper about Seattle’s campaign finance voucher program, from Brian
McCabe and Jennifer Heerwig. I’m looking
forward to reading this one.
The abstract:
In this paper, we evaluate whether an innovative new campaign finance program in Seattle, Washington shifted… Continue reading
“GOP megadonors pour money into Trump campaign”
The Trump takeover of the GOP is reflected
in the recent campaign finance disclosures.
The subhead of the piece: “Some of the same donors who bankrolled
anti-Trump efforts in 2016 are at the center of the president’s reelection.”
“Voters to decide on increased campaign finance disclosures, new limits on contributions”
San Francisco puts
a measure on the November ballot aimed at disclosing the top funders of
committees, rather than just the committee name itself.
New volume of the Harvard Law & Policy Review is out
Chock
full of election-law goodies. Among
other pieces:
Elizabeth Warren, Foreword (on corruption and faith in government)Jeffrey Clements, “But It Will Happen”: A Constitutional Amendment to Secure Political Equality in Election Spending and RepresentationViki Harrison,… Continue reading
Last week at the FEC
Here’s last week’s roundup of the latest at the FEC.
Includes, among other things, an advisory opinion allowing a vendor to offer cybersecurity services to campaigns at low- to no-cost, and an advisory opinion allowing a congressional campaign to distribute… Continue reading