Category Archives: campaigns

“Justice and Homeland Security report finds no foreign interference in 2018 elections”

February 5, 2019, 9:26 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

CBS News: There is no evidence to date of any foreign interference in the 2018 midterm elections, according to a new joint report released by the Justice and Homeland Security Departments on Tuesday. While specific conclusions remain classified, the… Continue reading

“Trump Inaugural Committee Ordered to Hand Over Documents to Federal Investigators”

February 5, 2019, 6:54 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: In the subpoena, investigators also showed interest in whether any foreigners illegally donated to the committee, as well as whether committee staff members knew that such donations were illegal, asking for documents laying out legal requirements for… Continue reading

“Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Compete To Spurn Establishment Cash”

February 2, 2019, 9:19 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Peter Overby for NPR: As Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand jumped into the Democratic presidential nomination contest, they staked out the same position against corporate campaign cash.“The money in politics is corrupting. It controls everything,” Gillibrand… Continue reading

“Mueller Could Have More Than Russia on His Mind: There were foreign nationals from many countries surrounding the Trump campaign, argues Brennan Center fellow Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.

February 1, 2019, 3:51 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Interesting.

Trump’s Presidential Fundraising May Be Unprecedented So Early Before Election, But So Is His Massive Campaign Spending

February 1, 2019, 8:04 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Robby Mook: Wow. Does Trump’s campaign have an 85% burn rate?! How is that possible?"The latest fundraising disclosures bring the total haul for Trump's reelection effort to more than $129 million…The campaign had more than $19.2 million in cash… Continue reading

“Donald Trump’s Campaign Cash Machine: Big, Brawny and Burning Money”

February 1, 2019, 7:25 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

CPI reports.

Is WaPo Fact Checker Right to Give 4 Pinocchios to Trump’s Claim That Hush Money Payments to Former Mistresses Were Not a Campaign Finance Crime? I Would Give None.

January 28, 2019, 7:21 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Here’s how the WaPo fact check ends: Trump says he never ordered Cohen to break the law and silence Daniels and McDougal. But when he says such payoffs are not criminal to begin with, his defense goes off the rails.… Continue reading

“Roger Stone’s Indictment Could Be Good News for Donald Trump Jr.”

January 25, 2019, 11:32 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Why didn’t Special Counsel Robert Mueller charge self-proclaimed dirty trickster Roger Stone with violating campaign finance laws? And what does this say about Donald Trump Jr.’s potential exposure for his Trump… Continue reading

“Exclusive: GOP reaches landmark agreement to juice small-dollar fundraising”

January 21, 2019, 7:20 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump’s political team and top Republican officials have reached a landmark agreement to reshape the party’s fundraising apparatus and close the financial gap that devastated them in the midterms. With the deal, Republicans hope to create a… Continue reading

#NC09: “Bladen prosecutor’s calls went unreturned as state probed absentee ballot issues”

January 16, 2019, 7:06 amcampaignsRick Hasen

WRAL: In the summer of 2017, the chief prosecutor for Bladen County sent the head of North Carolina’s State Board of Elections a series of increasingly insistent emails over the board’s voting integrity concerns in his county. The upshot: Why… Continue reading

“Older People Shared Fake News on Facebook More Than Others in 2016 Race, Study Says”

January 11, 2019, 8:19 amcampaignsRick Hasen

NYT: When it came to sharing fake news on Facebook during the 2016 election, no age group was quite as active as those aged 65 and older, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday in Science Advances,… Continue reading

“New ‘Testing the Waters’ Report Examines How Presidential Candidates Ignore Campaign Finance Laws & Regulators Let Them”

January 10, 2019, 8:55 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Release: Today, Common Cause released a new report on the many ways presidential candidates bend and break campaign finance laws as they barnstorm early primary states, fundraise, evade contributions limits, and build their campaign teams while denying they are… Continue reading

“Doug Jones Seeks Inquiry Into Misinformation Efforts in Alabama Senate Race”

January 10, 2019, 8:34 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat who was an unwitting beneficiary of misinformation tactics during a special election in Alabama in 2017, asked the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday to investigate the episodes. Mr. Jones made his formal request for… Continue reading

“Here’s Trump Allies’ Plan To Meddle In The 2020 Democratic Primary”

January 10, 2019, 8:31 amcampaignsRick Hasen

BuzzFeed: The pair of outside groups tied closely to President Donald Trump has retained the top Republican opposition group in an effort to smother Democrats seeking to challenge him — and perhaps even help pick his 2020 challenger. The early… Continue reading

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