Category Archives: campaigns

“Congressional leadership PACs continue to subsidize lavish lifestyles”

May 22, 2019, 7:21 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Release: A new report today released by Issue One and Campaign Legal Center (CLC) shows that instead of doling out funds to political allies, members of Congress routinely use leadership PAC funds to pay for expensive meals, rounds of… Continue reading

“How Trump Is Outspending Every 2020 Democrat on Facebook”

May 21, 2019, 9:32 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Facebook Bans Israeli Firm Over Fake Political Activity”

May 16, 2019, 9:08 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WSJ: Facebook said it removed hundreds of fake accounts, pages and groups linked to a commercial entity based in Israel, a rare move against a private operation as the social network tries to stamp out misinformation around global elections.The company… Continue reading

“Grasswho? Members raised hundreds of thousands, almost none from small donors”

May 15, 2019, 3:12 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Roll Call: Democrats have long touted the importance of raising small amounts of money from a large number of donors as a sign of political strength on the campaign trail and in Congress.But recent campaign finance disclosures show some lawmakers… Continue reading

“Mueller Report Elicited A Lot Of Conversation — But Little Election Legislation”

May 15, 2019, 3:06 pmcampaigns, chicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Miles Park for NPR: Sen. James Lankford is worried about election apathy.Not that people will stop caring about politics, but as the weeks and months pass after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted report on Russian interference, the… Continue reading

“Russians Hacked Voter Systems in 2 Florida Counties. But Which Ones?”

May 14, 2019, 8:03 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The mystery surrounding a Russian intrusion into Florida’s voter registration systems during the 2016 election deepened on Tuesday when Gov. Ron DeSantis said that the F.B.I. had revealed to him which counties in the state had been targeted… Continue reading

“Bernie Sanders, a Front-Runner With Financing to Prove It, Struggles to Retain Outsider Status; The candidate who blasted the campaign-finance system as ‘corrupt’ has drawn support from outside groups with few restrictions and undisclosed donors

May 14, 2019, 7:18 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WSJ reports.

“Trump pledges to reject dirt from other countries on 2020 foes”

May 13, 2019, 9:07 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Roll Call: President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to reject any dirt on his 2020 opponents that originates in a foreign country, just a week after his personal attorney canceled a trip to Ukraine allegedly to search for just… Continue reading

“Rudy Giuliani Cancels His Trip to Ukraine, Blaming Democrats’ ‘Spin’”

May 12, 2019, 8:29 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Facing withering attacks accusing him of seeking foreign assistance for President Trump’s re-election campaign, Rudolph W. Giuliani announced on Friday night that he had canceled a trip to Kiev in which he planned to push the incoming Ukrainian government… Continue reading

“FBI to meet with Florida delegation to discuss Russian hacking”

May 8, 2019, 4:51 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: The FBI will hold a classified briefing with members of the Florida congressional delegation next week about suspected Russian hacking during the 2016 elections.The FBI is scheduled to meet with House members May 16. The agency will sit down… Continue reading

Michigan Will Allow “Ballot Selfies”

May 8, 2019, 7:15 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Release: Joel Crookston and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson submitted a stipulated order to dismiss to Judge Janet T. Neff of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan today, asking her to recognize settlement… Continue reading

“Trump Campaign Denounces ‘Dishonest’ Fund-Raising That Uses President’s Name and Picture”

May 7, 2019, 9:00 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump’s re-election campaign on Tuesday denounced “dishonest fund-raising groups” that use the president’s image to solicit money that several people close to Mr. Trump said was directed at a group run by David Bossie, one of his… Continue reading

“Prosecutor: Proof of election fraud in US House race in Va.”

May 7, 2019, 1:06 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: A special prosecutor in Virginia said Monday that he’s presented two indictments of election fraud against someone who worked on a failed re-election campaign for a Republican congressman last year.Special prosecutor Donald Caldwell said his investigation into Scott… Continue reading