“A mysterious payment to Paul Manafort’s lawyer reveals a hidden chapter of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign”
A lot going on in this CNBC story by Christina Wilkie.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Speaker Says Assembly No Longer Supports Public Campaign Financing, Downplays Other Reforms”
Democrats in New York state government back off of campaign finance reform now that they’re in power.
“Only One Roadblock on the Road to Reform: Mitch McConnell”
The NY Times Editorial Board calls
HR 1 the “Merrick Garland of reform legislation.”
H.R. 1 Coverage Roundup
House Passes H.R. 1
Final vote: 234-193.
UPDATE: The text of the whole thing [will be] here. (As of 7:30pm ET on 3/8/19, the only text appears to be from an earlier version: the version actually considered is a combination of this… Continue reading
Federal Prosecutors Agree to Drop Charges Against Rep. Schock
A deferred
prosecution agreement says that charges
(including tax fraud, wire fraud, and theft of funds based on misappropriation
of Congressional and campaign funds for personal use) will be dropped against
Rep. Aaron Schock if he repays $68,000 and pays… Continue reading
ShouldTrumpRun.com
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy digs
into what testing the waters in 2011 might have taught the President about
corporate contributions and campaign finance law.
“Michael Cohen sues Trump Organization for legal fees resulting from Mueller probe, porn star lawsuit”
This
ought to be fascinating. Not least
because if it goes anywhere, it may actually shed some light on what Cohen and
the Trump Organization actually thought was legal representation and what was
not. There’s been an awful lot… Continue reading
AOC PAC USDs to LLC, TBD by FEC
A new FEC complaint alleges that several PACs directed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and/or her chief of staff reported large lump-sum expenditures to a set of campaign vendor LLCs, apparently complaining that the specific expenditures should have been reported individually. … Continue reading
Nevada State Senate Majority Leader Resigns Based on Federal Campaign Finance Violations
Nevada Senate Maj. Leader Kelvin Atkinson resigned yesterday, “announcing he would be pleading guilty to federal charges of misappropriation of campaign funds for personal use and taking ‘full responsibility’ for his actions.” The resignation letter is here. There… Continue reading
“Transgender Political Candidates Are Increasingly Common. The Money Backing Them Is Not”
CPI:
At least 51 transgender people unsuccessfully ran for state, local and federal office last year, according to data collected by Logan Casey, a political scientist who now works with the Movement Advancement Project. Nine ran for Congress,… Continue reading
“House Democrats ready ethics overhaul for floor vote this week”
Roll Call:
The House Rules Committee will take up the package [HR 1] Tuesday, setting the parameters for consideration on the floor. Lawmakers then will debate the measure on the House floor over the following days, with an expected… Continue reading
“Can the internet save Congress from ‘call time’?”
Marketplace:
Several presidential candidates have said they will avoid corporate political action committee money, and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren has promised to avoid “call time,” when candidates can spend hours a day on the phone with donors to raise… Continue reading
“With Sweeping Document Request, Democrats Launch Broad Trump Corruption Inquiry”
NYT:
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee delivered a flurry of document demands to the executive branch and the broader Trump world on Monday that detailed the breadth of the Democrats’ investigation into possible obstruction of justice, corruption… Continue reading