Category Archives: chicanery
In Response to FEC Complaint by Common Cause, Trump’s Lawyer Michael Cohen Says He Paid $130,000 to Porn Star. Is There a Campaign Finance Violation?
Maggie Haberman for the NYT:
Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he had paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to a pornographic-film actress who had once claimed to have had an affair with… Continue reading
“Russia Sees Midterm Elections as Chance to Sow Fresh Discord, Intelligence Chiefs Warn”
NYT:
Russia is already meddling in the midterm elections this year, the top American intelligence officials said on Tuesday, warning that Moscow is using a digital strategy to worsen the country’s political and social divisions.
Russia is using fake accounts… Continue reading
“The mysterious oppo researcher working in the White House lawyer’s office”
Politico on Mike Roman, of New Black Panthers and Koch Brothers fame.
“Kobach sits on board of veterans group that isn’t using money to help veterans”
Bryan Lowry for the KC Star:
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach sits on the advisory board of a Missouri-based veterans’ group that received a failing grade from the Better Business Bureau this week.
Kobach, a candidate for Kansas governor,… Continue reading
“Cybertraining Election Officials For This Year’s Voting”
The great Pam Fessler reports for NPR (before she goes on a year-long book leave):
It was clear that many of those gathering in Orlando already have protections in place and are well aware of the risks. But some county… Continue reading
Today’s Must Read: “Zombie Campaigns: The campaign is over. The candidate might be dead. But the spending never stops.”
This is something from the Tampa Bay Times:
IT’S BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE since South Florida Rep. Mark Foley was forced out of Congress for sending sexual text messages to teenage boys.
But Foley tapped his congressional campaign fund… Continue reading
“CLC Report: U.S. Elections Remain Vulnerable to Foreign Influence”
Release:
Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) released a report detailing the vulnerabilities of American elections to foreign interference that were exposed in the 2016 presidential election. The report outlines solutions for addressing this most urgent issue, which would protect… Continue reading
North Carolina Republicans May Not Be Done Trying to Mess with Composition of State Election Boards
AP:
Gov. Roy Cooper wants the legal wheels to spin faster after the North Carolina Supreme Court tossed out laws governing the makeup of a combined state elections and ethics board, hoping that will let him seat a new elections… Continue reading
“Rubio, Menendez express concern about Russian influence in Mexican election to Tillerson”
CLC Hosting Call-in on Wednesday About Danger of Foreign Interference with the 2018 Elections
“Russia ‘will target US mid-term elections’ says CIA chief”
BBC:
Mike Pompeo told the BBC there had been no significant diminishing of Russian attempts at subversion in Europe and the US….
Asked if his concerns extended to the upcoming US mid-term elections in November, he replied: “Of course. I… Continue reading
“The Coming Storm? Hush Money and the Federal Election Campaign Act”–On Trump at That $130K to Stormy Daniels
Important analysis by Thomas Frampton at the Harvard Law Review blog:
In August 2016, federal law enforcement and intelligence officials were alerted to an unsettling possibility: then-candidate Trump’s personal indiscretions might leave him susceptible to the threat of Russian blackmail… Continue reading