Category Archives: campaigns

“U.S. companies are pressuring their workers on how to lobby and vote”

March 21, 2018, 8:17 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez for The Monkey Cage: .S. businesses are cultivating a new political resource: their own workers. When Republicans wrote their tax bill late last year, many companies pushed their employees to support specific policy provisions and to… Continue reading

DNC Sells “I Will Vote” Shirt to Wear to the Polls: Would It Violate Minnesota’s Ordinance in Mansky Case Pending Before SCOTUS?

March 21, 2018, 8:09 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Would this count as illegal political apparel?

“Facebook’s Role in Data Misuse Sets Off a Storm on Two Continents”

March 18, 2018, 8:19 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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”

March 17, 2018, 2:20 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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

“NRA lawyer said to have had concerns about group’s ties to Russia”

March 16, 2018, 9:10 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

McClatchy: Congressional investigators are examining information that a longtime attorney for the National Rifle Association had concerns about the group’s ties to Russia and its possible involvement in channeling Russian funds into the 2016 elections to help Donald Trump, two… Continue reading

“Trump Administration Sanctions Russians for Election Meddling and Cyberattacks”

March 15, 2018, 8:42 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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

“A super PAC has raised millions to mobilize black voters. Does it matter that its funders are white?”

March 12, 2018, 9:19 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Very interesting CPI report.

“Trump lawyer’s payment to porn star draws comparisons to John Edwards case”

March 9, 2018, 6:46 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: The key legal question is whether the $130,000 was intended to advance Trump’s chances in the election. If it was, it should not have been routed through a corporation and might amount to an illegally large campaign contribution. If… Continue reading

“Payment to Stormy Daniels could be election law violation, say experts”

March 9, 2018, 6:33 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NBC News reports: The case of the president, the payment and the porn star has raised questions that merit a federal criminal inquiry, some experts believe. “There is enough here that warrants investigation,” said Richard Hasen, an election law expert… Continue reading

“Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Opens Door to Further Trouble for Trump”

March 8, 2018, 8:19 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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”

March 8, 2018, 7:57 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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

“Election Panel Moves Toward Online Ad Disclosure Compromise”

March 8, 2018, 7:48 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: Federal Election Commission members said today they were close to reaching a deal to advance new disclosure rules for online political advertisements. The commission postponed a vote on new rules to give them more time to draft a… Continue reading

“Criminal Investigation Sought into Sanders Campaign for Collusion During a Federal Election With a Foreign Entity”

March 8, 2018, 10:12 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Veritas: Project Veritas Action Fund has requested a criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice into the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign to determine if the Sanders campaign and the Australian Labor Party conspired to “defraud the U.S. government”… Continue reading

“Venturing Into the Swamp, Trump Dines With Major Donors”

March 8, 2018, 9:52 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump dined at the ornate Georgetown home of a prominent Washington lawyer on Wednesday night with wealthy donors who are expected to play crucial roles in financing his re-election campaign. The dinner was the latest in a series… Continue reading