Category Archives: campaign finance
“Donald Trump Used Campaign Donations to Buy $55,000 of His Own Book”
Daily Beast:
Paul Ryan (not that one), of the nonpartisan nonprofit Campaign Legal Center, said that Trump would have to forgo accepting royalties for sales on the book in order for the transaction to be legal, under Federal Election Committee… Continue reading
“Even Trump and Clinton need big-money donors: Column”
Coinciding with the paperback release of Plutocrats United, I have written this oped for USA Today. It concludes:
None of these things — Trump courting super PAC donors, Clinton getting paid by the wealthiest companies as a private… Continue reading
“Bernie Sanders’s New Political Group Is Met by Staff Revolt”
NYT:
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, his presidential campaign now behind him, will look to advance the movement he built during the Democratic primary race, with the public unveiling on Wednesday of a political organization focused on addressing economic inequality… Continue reading
“Colorado’s campaign-finance bullies threaten free speech”
Paul Sherman in the Denver Post.
Ron Collins on David Cole and Citizens United/ACLU
What will become of the ACLU’s position on campaign finance and the First Amendment with David in charge?
“The Price of Political E-mails in Vermont”
Kochs To the Rescue in North Carolina?
Sounds like it from this Tarini Parti Buzzfeed report.
“Inside the exclusive events helping to fund Clinton and the Democratic Party”
WaPo on the ingratiation and access:
The price of entry to see Hillary Clinton on Sunday evening was $50,000 per person, a sum that got you an al fresco meal of tomato and mozzarella salad, lobster, strawberry shortcake and an… Continue reading
“Dark money group seeks investigation of Kansas Supreme Court justice”
Bryan Lowry for the Wichita Eagle:
A national dark money group has revived a 2-year-old controversy involving a Kansas Supreme Court justice and filed an ethics complaint with the state’s Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic… Continue reading
“Prosser decries money in high-court races”
That’s rich, given his position in the John Doe case.
“Fellow Republicans still waiting for Trump’s promised cash”
AP:
Donald Trump portrays himself as an indispensable cash resource for fellow Republicans up and down the ballot.
But while Trump is pulling in donor checks, an Associated Press review of campaign finance filings shows most of his fellow Republicans… Continue reading
Chutzpah Dept
Shaun McCutcheon complaining that Democrats may have sold access to big donors.
He had to realize his litigation would only make that easier.
“Emails reveal how foundation donors got access to Clinton and her close aides at State Dept.”
WaPo:
The crown prince of Bahrain, whose government gave more than $50,000 to the Clintons’ charity and who participated in its glitzy annual conference, wanted a last-minute meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
U2 rocker and philanthropist Bono,… Continue reading