“Florida commission slaps down Trump PAC’s ethics complaint against DeSantis”
Fox notes the Florida Ethics Commission decision that MAGA Inc. hadn’t sufficiently alleged the violation of Florida law in DeSantis’s will-he-or-won’t-he activities.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“How Ron DeSantis Could Unlock $86 Million for a Presidential Run”
The WSJ reviews potential efforts for DeSantis to transfer the reserves in his state campaign fund to a federal Super PAC supporting his not-quite-announced-just-yet presidential bid.
“Prosecutors in Jan. 6 Case Step up Inquiry Into Trump Fund-Raising”
NYT:
As they investigate former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, federal prosecutors have also been drilling down on whether Mr. Trump and a range of political aides knew that he had lost the race but… Continue reading
“Looking Behind the Curtain: Corporate due diligence of political spending essential to protect companies from growing risks”
CPA at the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
“DeSantis group plans field program, showing the expanding role of super PACs”
WaPo:
Activists at 27 universities will soon begin meeting twice a month to organize their peers under the banner of Students for DeSantis. Office space supporting the Florida governor’s presidential ambitions will open in each of the early-voting states. And… Continue reading
“Nikki Haley’s fuzzy fundraising math”
Politico:
When Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign announced its first quarterly fundraising haul earlier this month, the figure sounded impressive.
The former U.N. ambassador’s campaign said it had raised $11 million between her mid-February launch and the end of the quarter… Continue reading
“Quid Pro Crow”
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern in Slate (with maybe the best pun in an article title I’ve ever seen):
When news broke last week, by way of dogged reporting in ProPublica, that Justice Clarence Thomas had accepted decades’ worth… Continue reading
“Indictment turbocharges Trump’s fundraising”
Politico:
Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 fundraising has been turbocharged by his indictment, according to new figures provided by his campaign.
Trump raised a combined $18.8 million in the first quarter through his joint fundraising committee and his campaign, the… Continue reading
“Special counsel focuses on Trump fundraising off false election claims”
WaPo:
Federal prosecutors probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol have in recent weeks sought a wide range of documents related to fundraising after the 2020 election, looking to determine if former president Donald Trump or… Continue reading
“Small Potatoes? Not at All”
Jerry Goldfeder:
A hush-money payment is obviously not as significant as scheming to find 11,780 votes, conjuring up fake electors, or inciting a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol, but campaign finance laws are just as essential to the integrity… Continue reading
“Trump Ignores Deadline for Personal Financial Disclosure to F.E.C.”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump has a minor addition to his mounting pile of legal challenges after he failed to meet the deadline to disclose his personal financial holdings.
But the threatened initial penalty — a meager $200 —… Continue reading
“Big money is flooding into the Philly mayor’s election. Here’s how it’s shaping the race.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer with a compilation of the self-funding, SuperPAC spending, and big-dollar checks driving the race.
One former city councilmember has cited the flood of big money as the reason for suspending her mayoral campaign.
“The Wisconsin Supreme Court election cost $40 million. There could be a better way.”
Alicia Bannon on NPR’s Weekend Edition about reforming judicial elections.
“For DeSantis, Overflowing War Chest Obscures the Challenges Ahead”
A fair amount of this NYT piece is about the various PACs that support DeSantis, how much they matter, and what they can legally do with the money they’ve got.