Category Archives: campaigns

“Conservative megadonors fund populist ads”

October 31, 2017, 7:27 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Weigel: The new ad from Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a hub of the Koch donor network, comes at Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) from a surprising angle — attacking her as a foe of the little guy. In the spot,… Continue reading

“Trump Campaign Got Early Word Russia Had Democrats’ Emails”

October 30, 2017, 8:41 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The guilty plea of a 30-year-old campaign aide — so green that he listed Model United Nations in his qualifications — shifted the narrative on Monday of the Trump campaign’s interactions with Russia: Court documents revealed that Russian officials… Continue reading

What Did Trump Know and When Did He Know About Russian Offer to Campaign Official of “Dirt” via Clinton Emails?

October 30, 2017, 9:37 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A professor with close ties to the Russian government told an adviser to Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign in April 2016 that Moscow had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails,” according to court documents … Continue reading

“Clinton lawyer kept Russian dossier project closely held”

October 27, 2017, 7:22 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: When Marc Elias, general counsel for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, hired a private research firm in the spring of 2016 to investigate Donald Trump, he drew from funds he was authorized to spend without oversight by campaign officials, according… Continue reading

“Candidate Disclosure and Ballot Access Bills: Novel Questions on Voting and Disclosure”

October 27, 2017, 2:39 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Danielle Lang has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, UCLA Law Review). Here is the abstract: For nearly a half century prior to the current administration, U.S. presidents and most serious candidates for the presidency have released their tax returns… Continue reading

“How corporations are still playing politics more than a century after President Theodore Roosevelt and the Tillman Act”

October 27, 2017, 2:23 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Michael Beckel for Issue One: For instance, last year in Nevada, the app-based ride-sharing company Uber sponsored campaign mailers and e-mail messages to its riders and drivers urging the reelection of Republican Assemblyman Derek Armstrong, as veteran journalist Jon Ralston… Continue reading

“Rod Rosenstein, who oversees Russia probe, thinks Americans are too ‘savvy’ for Russian ads to work”

October 26, 2017, 8:53 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Weird thing for (especially him) to say.

“Hillary for America, DNC Failed to Disclose Legally Required Information about Funding of Trump-Russia Dossier”

October 26, 2017, 10:46 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Release: Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign committee violated campaign finance law. They failed to accurately disclose the purpose and recipient… Continue reading

More on Marc Elias/Perkins Role in Steele Dossier Matter

October 25, 2017, 7:43 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee paid for research that was included in a dossier made public in January that contained salacious claims about connections between Donald J. Trump, his associates and Russia. A… Continue reading

“2 top Brady aides charged in probe of payoff to 2012 primary rival”

October 24, 2017, 8:25 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: Two top political strategists for U.S. Rep. Robert Brady (D., Pa.) on Tuesday became the latest targets in a widening federal probe of $90,000 the congressman paid a 2012 primary challenger to drop out of the race. Federal… Continue reading

“Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier”

October 24, 2017, 3:26 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the… Continue reading