In a setback for the Justice Department, Ohio businessman Benjamin Suarez was acquitted of campaign finance charges June 30 by a Cleveland federal court jury (U.S. v. Suarez, N.D. Ohio, Criminal No. 13-420, verdict 6/30/14)….
Campaign Finance
New York State has agreed to pay $360,000 in legal costs to the challengers of the state’s campaign finance law limiting contributions to super political action committees (New York Progress and Protection PAC v. Walsh, S.D.N.Y., No….
Legislation
Texas Republican Reps. Louie Gohmert and Bill Flores have introduced a bill that offers $1 million reward for the recovery of e-mails belonging to Lois Lerner, former director of Exempt Organizations at the Internal Revenue Service….