Category Archives: campaign finance
“Former Cambridge Analytica workers say firm sent foreigners to advise U.S. campaigns”
WaPo:
Cambridge Analytica assigned dozens of non-U.S. citizens to provide campaign strategy and messaging advice to Republican candidates in 2014, according to three former workers for the data firm, even as an attorney warned executives to abide by U.S. laws… Continue reading
“Fund-Raiser Held Out Access to Trump as a Prize for Prospective Clients”
NYT:
For Elliott Broidy, Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign represented an unparalleled political and business opportunity.
An investor and defense contractor, Mr. Broidy became a top fund-raiser for Mr. Trump’s campaign when most elite Republican donors were keeping their distance,… Continue reading
“In Spite of Executive Order, Cuomo Takes Campaign Money From State Appointees”
NYT:
That type of arrangement — appointments go out, campaign cash comes back in — has vexed government reformers in Albany for generations. Things were supposed to change in 2007, when Eliot L. Spitzer, then the newly elected governor, issued… Continue reading
“Another Effort To Get Rid Of The ‘Johnson Amendment’ Fails”
NPR:
A provision in the U.S tax code that bars churches and charities from engaging in political campaigns remains intact, more than a year after President Trump pledged to “get rid of and totally destroy” it.
Under the Johnson Amendment,… Continue reading
“Small Donors in Congressional Elections”
Tyler Culberson, Michael McDonald, and Suzanne Robbins have written this article for American Politics Research. Here is the abstract:
Candidates raise substantial sums of money to compete in federal elections. Scholars and election observers are concerned by potential corruption related… Continue reading
“Hush Money May Prove Trump’s Biggest Campaign-Finance Problem”
Eliza Newlin Carney for TAP.
“Controversy Swirls as Lawmakers Eye Campaign Finance Changes”
Kate Ackley for Roll Call:
Lawmakers continue to debate major changes to political money regulations as part of a year-end spending package, despite opposition from numerous congressional Democrats and campaign finance watchdog groups.
Even with congressional primaries already underway, the… Continue reading
“FEC Wrong to Drop Nondisclosure Case, Judge Rules”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission should have pursued enforcement action against the American Action Network, a conservative nonprofit, for failing to disclose funding sources for millions of dollars in television ads supporting Republican congressional candidates, a federal judge ruled… Continue reading
“Philadelphia-Area Political Consultant Charged in Superseding Indictment With Obstructing Investigation of Federal Election Commission”
DOJ Release:
A federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania returned a superseding indictment today adding charges in a pending criminal case against a Philadelphia-area political consultant, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the… Continue reading
“FEC Unlikely To Launch NRA-Russia Probe”
TPM:
News broke late last week that the Federal Election Commission had opened a preliminary inquiry into whether Russians illegally channeled money to the National Rifle Association to support Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
But the FEC’s move, which came… Continue reading
“Why does it Matter if the NRA Used Russian Money to help Donald Trump’s Election?”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for the National Law Review.
“FEC probes whether NRA got illegal Russian donations”
Politico:
he Federal Election Commission has launched a preliminary investigation into whether Russian entities gave illegal contributions to the National Rifle Association that were intended to benefit the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election, according to people who… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: “How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions”
NYT:
As the upstart voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica prepared to wade into the 2014 American midterm elections, it had a problem.
The firm had secured a $15 million investment from Robert Mercer, the wealthy Republican donor, and wooed his… Continue reading