“FEC’s status quo is hazardous — proposed legislation would help fix it”
Dan Weiner oped in The Hill.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre Targeted in Congressional Inquiry Into Illegal Campaign Coordination”
The Trace:
A joint congressional inquiry is demanding that National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre hand over internal documents showing whether the NRA made “illegal, excessive, and unreported in-kind donations” to the campaigns of Donald Trump and… Continue reading
Potentially Bad News for Trump and Trump Organization: SDNY Still Investigating Michael Cohen for Campaign Finance Crimes
Potentially a big deal here:
“In particular, the Government represents that aspects of its investigation remains ongoing, including those pertaining to or arising from Cohen’s campaign finance crimes.”A bad sentence for Individual 1 and the Trump Org execs who… Continue reading
FEC Adjusts Individual Contribution Limit for Inflation to $2,800 per person per election
https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1093532262472273927
“Billionaires Flooded Republicans’ Coffers Just Before the Tax Cuts Passed”
Mother Jones:
From the looks of it, GOP politicians got what they wanted, too. From the time the tax bill was first introduced on Nov. 2, 2017, until the end of the year, a 60-day period, dozens of billionaires and… Continue reading
“Trump Inaugural Committee Ordered to Hand Over Documents to Federal Investigators”
NYT:
In the subpoena, investigators also showed interest in whether any foreigners illegally donated to the committee, as well as whether committee staff members knew that such donations were illegal, asking for documents laying out legal requirements for… Continue reading
“Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Compete To Spurn Establishment Cash”
Peter Overby for NPR:
As Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand jumped into the Democratic presidential nomination contest, they staked out the same position against corporate campaign cash.“The money in politics is corrupting. It controls everything,” Gillibrand… Continue reading
“Raskin Introduces ‘Shareholders United’ Bill to End Corporate Political Spending without Shareholder Consent”
Release:
Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) introduced the Shareholders United Act, H.R. 936, to control billions of dollars in corporate political spending and put power back in the hands of the shareholders. The Shareholders United Act would prevent… Continue reading
Trump’s Presidential Fundraising May Be Unprecedented So Early Before Election, But So Is His Massive Campaign Spending
Robby Mook:
Wow. Does Trump’s campaign have an 85% burn rate?! How is that possible?"The latest fundraising disclosures bring the total haul for Trump's reelection effort to more than $129 million…The campaign had more than $19.2 million in cash… Continue reading
“Adelsons pumped $500K into Trump aides’ legal defense fund”
Politico:
Billionaire Republican donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson gave $500,000 to a legal defense fund set up to help aides to President Donald Trump that are involved in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
The Adelsons each contributed $250,000 on Oct.… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s Campaign Cash Machine: Big, Brawny and Burning Money”
Is WaPo Fact Checker Right to Give 4 Pinocchios to Trump’s Claim That Hush Money Payments to Former Mistresses Were Not a Campaign Finance Crime? I Would Give None.
Here’s how the WaPo fact check ends:
Trump says he never ordered Cohen to break the law and silence Daniels and McDougal. But when he says such payoffs are not criminal to begin with, his defense goes off the rails.… Continue reading
“Roger Stone’s Indictment Could Be Good News for Donald Trump Jr.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Why didn’t Special Counsel Robert Mueller charge self-proclaimed dirty trickster Roger Stone with violating campaign finance laws? And what does this say about Donald Trump Jr.’s potential exposure for his Trump… Continue reading