“Citizens United Muddles What Is Legal In Trump’s Foreign Money Case”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
And don’t miss Peter’s earlier How Picking Mike Pence As VP Might Cost The Trump Campaign Donations.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Mike Pence used campaign funds to pay his mortgage — and it cost him an election”
WaPo:
Mike Pence was a young lawyer on the rise, challenging a longtime Democratic congressman in a Republican-leaning Indiana district.
And then, scandal.
Campaign finance records from the 1990 effort showed that Pence, then 31, had been using political… Continue reading
“Clinton pledges constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling”
“Trump raised $32 million with RNC, but kept only a fraction”
Vogel:
Of that, Trump Victory transferred only $2.2 million to Trump’s presidential campaign committee, as compared to $10.1 million to the RNC, though $5.8 million of that went to funds that can’t be used for campaign activity, and are earmarked… Continue reading
“GOP convention organizers apologize to Sheldon Adelson”
Oops:
The last-minute plea for $6 million from Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson to rescue the Republican convention has erupted in controversy, as four of the five signatories to the letter from party organizers never saw it before it was… Continue reading
Trump Campaign, By Adding Pence, Now Faces Pay-to-Play Rules Limiting Campaign $
Jason Abel and Scott Sinder of Steptoe:
Today, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, announced that Governor Mike Pence of Indiana will be his running mate. By virtue of the fact that Pence is a current governor, the… Continue reading
Question of the Day
If Trump is a multi-billionaire, why does the RNC have to beg Sheldon Adelson to cough up $6 million for the convention shortfall?
(inspired by Alice Ollstein tweet)
“GOP Cleveland organizers beg Adelson for $6 million”
The real story is the reason for the shortfall, not the begging of a plutocratic overlord:
In a letter to the Adelsons, obtained by POLITICO, the Cleveland 2016 Host Committee revealed the names of more than two dozen prominent corporations… Continue reading
“Three Nonprofits, Former Koch Brothers’ Associates, Fined by F.E.C.”
“Every Position Donald Trump Has Taken On How He Is Funding His Campaign”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“Why are Corporations in the Business of Funding Our National Conventions?”
Release:
This presidential election, corporations have threatened to pull financial support for the national conventions because they do not want to be associated with the views of presidential candidate Donald Trump. But given the longstanding federal ban on corporate… Continue reading
“Ginsburg expresses ‘regret’ for remarks criticizing Trump”
Bob Barnes for WaPo:
“On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them,” Ginsburg said. “Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more… Continue reading
“No room at RNC for campaign finance watchdog? Group’s director doesn’t buy it.”
The Fix on Open Secrets shut out by RNC.
“New Report Finds State Court Judges Tend to Decide Election Cases Based on Partisan Loyalty”
ACS release:
A new study by independent researchers at Emory Law School finds that the upward spiral of big money fundraising and aggressive politics in state judicial elections pressures judges to become partisan actors who favor their own party in… Continue reading