“Trump Jr.’s Emails Gain Attention as FEC Eyes Foreign Influence Issue”
Ken Doyle reports for Bloomberg BNA.
Category Archives: campaigns
Reuters: Trump Won’t Blame Trump Jr. For Taking Meeting with Russian Government for Supposed Dirt on Hillary
Reuters:
Trump Jr. eagerly agreed to meet the woman he was told was a Russian government lawyer who might have damaging information about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as part of Moscow’s official support for his father’s presidential election campaign, according… Continue reading
Politifact Rates FOX News Eric Bolling Statement About Collusion “Mostly False”
“Donald Trump Jr.’s Free Speech Defense: It’s as bogus as it sounds.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Get ready for the latest defense for Donald Trump Jr.’s actions: He had a First Amendment right to collude with the Russians to get dirt on Hillary Clinton. This defense, which… Continue reading
Common Cause Files FEC and DOJ Complaints Against Donald Trump Jr.
To read the DOJ complaint filed yesterday, click here.
To read the FEC complaint filed yesterday, click here.
To view the release online, click here.
Donald Trump Jr. Emails Paint Serious Case of Campaign Finance Violations
Just to recap where we are:
It is illegal for a person to solicit a contribution to a campaign from a foreign individual or entity. To solicit:
means to ask, request, or recommend, explicitly or implicitly, that another… Continue reading
Why Would Republican House Majority Leader Complain About Delay in Swearing in New Democratic CA Representative?
LAT:
Gomez, a current Democratic state assemblyman, told The Times after the election he would try to delay his Assembly resignation to vote on extending the state’s cap-and-trade program, which requires companies to buy permits to release greenhouse gas.
Negotiations … Continue reading
Koch Bros Network Plans to Spend $300 to $400 Million on Politics and Policy During the 2018 Election Cycle
This is what Plutocrats United looks like.
Ga. SOS Brian Kemp Still Skeptical Russians Tried to Hack Voting Machines
This, from the SOS of a state whose voting security is most worrisome:
Brian Kemp, the Republican secretary of state of Georgia, used the call to denounce Johnson’s proposal as an assault on state rights. “I think it was… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: “Obama’s secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin’s election assault”
What a WaPo story:
In political terms, Russia’s interference was the crime of the century, an unprecedented and largely successful destabilizing attack on American democracy. It was a case that took almost no time to solve, traced to the Kremlin… Continue reading
“Facebook to keep wraps on political ads data despite researchers’ demands”
Bauer: “When Collusion with Russia Becomes a Crime: Part III—’Aiding and Abetting'”
Bob Bauer at Just Security.
Mississippi: “Gaming the system: Absentee votes often pivotal in local elections”
Interesting phenomenon; misleading headline.
“A pro-Trump group is using Obama’s voice out of context in radio ad for Georgia’s special election”
CNN:
An outside group that supports President Donald Trump is running a radio ad in Atlanta ahead of Georgia’s special election Tuesday that takes the voice of former President Barack Obama out of context to make the argument that Democrats… Continue reading