Interview with Me on NPR: Trump Says His Son’s Meeting With Russians Was ‘Totally Legal.’ But Was It?
Listen at NPR’s Here & Now.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Judge’s ruling invalidates FEC regulation allowing anonymous donations to ‘dark money’ groups”
Big ruling while I was gone flagged here by Politico:
A U.S. District Court judge on Friday issued a ruling invalidating a Federal Election Commission regulation that has allowed donors to so-called dark-money groups to remain anonymous, the latest development… Continue reading
“Why Russian Money Ends Up in U.S. Elections; America needs a new model of campaign finance not to supplant the political marketplace but to correct for its inadequacies.”
“Sitting Rep’s Campaign Collected Dead Man’s Signature On Challenger’s Behalf”
TPM:
A Virginia judge appointed a special prosecutor Tuesday to look into a case of potential forgery and other election law violations after multiple suspicious signatures were found on a petition to get an independent congressional candidate on the ballot,… Continue reading
“Donald Trump Jr.’s Potential Legal Troubles, Explained”
Charlie Savage reports for the NYT.
“Facebook Grapples With a Maturing Adversary in Election Meddling”
NYT:
They covered their tracks, using software to camouflage their internet traffic. They created Facebook pages for anti-Trump culture warriors, Hispanic activists and fans of alternative medicine. And they organized protests in coordination with real-world political groups.
The people behind… Continue reading
“Kris Kobach couldn’t prove widespread voter fraud. Can he prove to voters that he can ‘Make Kansas Great Again’?”
“Facebook Identifies an Active Political Influence Campaign Using Fake Accounts”
NYT:
Facebook said on Tuesday that it had identified a political influence campaign that was potentially built to disrupt the midterm elections, with the company detecting and removing 32 pages and fake accounts that had engaged in activity around divisive… Continue reading
“Liberal secret-money network hammers House GOP”
Politico:
A network of secret-money nonprofit groups has spent millions of dollars attacking swing-seat House Republicans on health care and taxes, quietly becoming one of the biggest players in the 2018 political landscape.
The groups have local members and names… Continue reading
Oklahoma Law Review Symposium: “Falsehoods, Fake News, and the First Amendment”
This definitely looks worth diving into soon:
Volume 71, Number 1 (2018)
Symposium: Falsehoods, Fake News,
and the First Amendment
PDF
Editor’s Introduction
Mitchell B. Bryant
Panel 1: Falsehoods and the First Amendment
PDF
False Speech and the First Amendment… Continue reading
“Is Lying About an Election Free Speech or Fraud?”
Matt Ford for The New Republic.
If Donald Trump Knew About the Meeting With Russians at Trump Tower, Would That Be a Campaign Finance Violation? It’s Complicated
Yesterday CNN reported:
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, claims that then-candidate Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton,… Continue reading
“Democrats Propose Making It Illegal To Spread False Election Information”; Some Thoughts on Constitutionality
HuffPost:
Several congressional Democrats plan to introduce legislation Thursday that would make it a federal crime to knowingly and intentionally publish false information about elections.
The legislation would criminalize knowingly spreading wrong information related to the time and place of… Continue reading