“Trump Jr.’s Emails Gain Attention as FEC Eyes Foreign Influence Issue”
Ken Doyle reports for Bloomberg BNA.
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Second Circuit Grants Sheldon Silver New Trial Based on McDonnell-Linked Instructional Error
Opinion:
After Silver had been convicted and sentenced, the Supreme Court issued its decision in McDonnell v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2355 (2016), which clarified the definition of an “official act” in honest services fraud and extortion charges. The… Continue reading
“Online ads offer legal option for U.S. election meddling”
David Ingram for Reuters:
The laws that prohibit foreign nationals from spending money to influence U.S. elections do not prevent them from lawfully buying some kinds of political ads on Facebook and other online networks, campaign finance lawyers said.
The… Continue reading
“Issue One statement on campaign finance related-riders in House Appropriations Committee markup of government funding bill”
Release:
Remember when language buried on page 1,599 of the 2014 end-of-year spending bill, Cromnibus, dramatically expanded how much donors could inject into national parties? And the intended consequence that a single donor can now contribute up to $474,600 per … Continue reading
Maine SOS Dunlap Predicts “a Lot of Head-Butting” at First Meeting of Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission
McClatchy:
Dunlap, a Democrat, said it will be important for the commission, which meets for the first time July 19, to clearly identify its goals and the information needed to reach them while at the same time effectively communicating with… Continue reading
“Election Law Expert Robert Bauer on What Don Jr.’s Emails Mean for the President”
Great interview in New York.
“Race, Representation, and the Voting Rights Act”
Sophie Schuit and Jon Rogowski have written this article for AJPS. Abstract:
Despite wide scholarly interest in the Voting Rights Act, surprisingly little is known about how its specific provisions affected Black political representation. In this article, we draw on… Continue reading
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”
“Democrats Sue Trump Campaign Over Leaked Emails Tied to Russia”
NYT:
Two Democratic Party donors and a former party staff member have filed an invasion of privacy lawsuit against President Trump’s campaign and a longtime informal adviser, Roger J. Stone Jr., accusing them of conspiring in the release of hacked… Continue reading
“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
“Orchestrated Chaos; Trump’s election commission has been a disaster. It’s going exactly as planned.”
Dahlia Lithwick:
Destabilizing and undermining the idea that voting in America matters, especially against the backdrop of an election in which foreign interference might actually have had an influence on the outcome, is all to the good. Think back… Continue reading
Fair Elections Legal Network Brings Claim that EAC Commissioner McCormick Is Illegally Also Serving on Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission
Complaint to the Office of the Inspector General.
“American Democracy Is Now Under Siege by Both Cyber-Espionage and GOP Voter Suppression”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.