“Stormy Weather for Campaign-Finance Laws”
Brad Smith WSJ oped, with the subhead: “Hush money looks like a personal expense. Treating it as a political one would create a bad precedent.”
Category Archives: chicanery
“Trump lawyer’s payment to Stormy Daniels ‘illegal’ under these conditions: expert”
“Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations”
WaPo:
Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Trump, is under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, according to three people with knowledge of the case.
FBI agents on Monday raided Cohen’s Manhattan office,… Continue reading
“The Moscow Midterms: How Russia could steal our next election.”
Claire Malone for 538.
“Inside the Decade-Long Russian Campaign to Infiltrate the NRA and Help Elect Trump”
Tom Dickinson deep dive in Rolling Stone.
“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
“Federal judge scolds Kobach for violating her trust at contempt hearing”
KC Star:
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach could be facing a contempt order from a federal court after a judge on Tuesday tore into the Kansas Republican about repeatedly skirting her orders.
U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson chastised Kobach,… 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
“Facebook’s Role in Data Misuse Sets Off a Storm on Two Continents”
NYT:
American and British lawmakers demanded on Sunday that Facebook explain how a political data firm with links to President Trump’s 2016 campaign was able to harvest private information from more than 50 million Facebook profiles without the social network’s… 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
“Trump Administration Sanctions Russians for Election Meddling and Cyberattacks”
NYT:
President Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on a series of Russian organizations and individuals on Thursday in retaliation for interference in the 2016 presidential elections and other “malicious” cyberattacks. It was the most significant action taken against Moscow since Mr.… Continue reading
Dale Ho Examines Hans von Spakovsky Under Oath at Kansas Voter Suppression Trial
I really wish I could have been there
Bryan Lowry:
Ho also questioned von Spakovsky about his interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which differs from that of the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. State Department.
Von Spakovsky confirmed that… Continue reading
“Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Opens Door to Further Trouble for Trump”
NYT:
Mr. Cohen has said that he “facilitated” the payment with his own money and was not reimbursed by Mr. Trump’s company or campaign, and that the payment was “not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone.” But… Continue reading
“Ex-Tennessee governor’s Senate campaign fears it was hacked”
AP:
Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen’s campaign for U.S. Senate told the FBI on Thursday that it fears it has been hacked, amid growing concern that candidates in the 2018 election could be targets of cyberattacks.
In a letter obtained… Continue reading