Brad Smith Archives - Legally Political

03 Sep CREW v. FEC’s Impact on Independent Expenditures and Donor Privacy, Explained

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Over the past few years, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) has been on a targeted lawfare campaign against the Federal Election Commission.Source: CREW v. FEC’s Impact on Independent Expenditures and Donor Privacy, Explained...

03 Sep The 2020 election could see record lows for ‘dark money’ influence

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Dark money could be trending toward a record low this election cycle. It’s a development the media has been suspiciously silent on. "Dark money” is a pejorative label for campaign spending by groups that are not political committees.Source: The 2020 election could see record lows...

27 Aug Political Giving Should Be Private

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Americans of both parties worry they’ll be canceled for making donations to a campaign or cause.Source: Political Giving Should Be Private...

14 Feb PACs Represent People, Too

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Democrats pushing election ‘reform’ fail to take into account that political-action committees are funded by individual donors.Source: PACs Represent People, Too...

18 Dec Yes, Donald Trump Is in Real Legal Jeopardy for Campaign-Finance Violations

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Earlier today, Bradley Smith continued our conversation about whether Donald Trump’s hush-money payments violated federal election law. I say maybe — depending on the evidence.Source: Yes, Donald Trump Is in Real Legal Jeopardy for Campaign-Finance Violations...

14 Dec Former FEC commissioners: Trump-Cohen ‘hush’ payments not necessarily a violation

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Video Michael Cohen's guilty plea and subsequent sentencing for campaign-finance violations and other crimes revived speculation about President Trump's potential legal exposure -- but some former Federal Election Commission members say neither of them necessarily committed a violation with hush-mSource: Former FEC commissioners: Trump-Cohen 'hush' payments not...

17 Sep Former FEC chairman Bradley Smith talks campaign finance law

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'Russia Hoax' author Gregg Jarrett and former FEC chairman Bradley Smith join 'Life, Liberty & Levin' to discuss campaign finance laws.Source: Former FEC chairman Bradley Smith talks campaign finance law...

17 Sep Is attempting to sway Susan Collins’s vote breaking the law? It’s hard to tell.

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Bradley Smith is chairman of the Institute for Free Speech, a former Republican chairman of the Federal Election Commission, and a visiting fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University.Source: Is attempting to sway Susan Collins’s vote breaking the law? It’s hard to tell....

23 Aug Mark Levin cuts through the propaganda on ‘sleazeball’ Michael Cohen’s guilty pleas and Trump; ALSO interview with former FEC Chair

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Tonight Mark Levin cut through all of the Cohen guilty plea propaganda and explained why, from a legal perspective, Cohen’s guilty plea will have no impact on Trump and why the charges against Cohen regarding the ‘hush money’ payoffs aren’t really FEC violations.Source: Mark Levin...

23 Aug Fmr head of the FEC blows up media narrative that Trump broke the law, by referring to the actual law

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No sooner had Michael Cohen pleaded guilty than a Democrat lawmaker called for a new investigation to determine if President Donald Trump committed a crime. Rep.Source: Fmr head of the FEC blows up media narrative that Trump broke the law, by referring to the actual law...