Category Archives: campaign finance
“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
“Donor privacy and Campaign-Related Speech”—Speaking at Federalist Society Event at Reagan Library
Looking forward to this on Saturday at the Federalist Society Western Conference:
Luncheon Discussion: Donor privacy and Campaign-Related Speech
12 Noon – 1:45 p.m.
With federal proposals like the DISCLOSE Act sidelined by Republicans in Congress, some state governments officials,… Continue reading
“Eight years after Citizens United, it’s time for bold ways to fix democracy”
Liz Kennedy and Alex Tausanovitch oped in The Hill.
“Did Citizens United Help Russians Funnel Money To NRA?”
Bob Bauer: “The Trump Campaign-Russia Alliance and Campaign Finance; A Response to Skeptics and a Statement of the Case”
Bob Bauer deep dive.
I was surprised the First Amendment got only a brief mention in this piece.
From New Bauer, Ginsberg, Persily Report: “Fewer than 16,000 donors accounted for half the federal campaign contributions in 2016”
WaPo on the new Bauer, Ginsberg, Persily report, with a troubling trend I wrote about in my 2016 book, Plutocrats United:
More than 3.2 million Americans contributed to federal candidates in the 2016 elections, but fewer than 16,000 of… Continue reading
As Government May Shut Down, President to Headline $100,000-Per-Couple Fundraiser ($250K if you want to be at roundtable) at Mar-a-Lago Resort He Owns, Profiting from the Event Personally
Bloomberg:
President Donald Trump will mark the first anniversary of his inauguration on Saturday with a celebration at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, with tickets starting at $100,000 a pair.
That amount, according to the invitation, will pay for dinner… Continue reading
“An insidious foreign dark money threat: New reports about Russian money going to the NRA could prove watchdogs’ fears correct”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy NYDN oped.
“Actions, not words, tell Trump’s political money story”
CPI report, with the subhead, “Rhetorically, he talked a liberal’s game. In reality, he’s like most conservatives.”