Bradley Smith on Michael Cohen's Plea Deal and Campaign Finance LawsFormer Federal Elections Commission Chair Bradley Smith talked about his op-ed in the Washington Post that questions if payments made to women by President Trump’s attorney are in violation of campaign finance laws. He spoke via video link from Columbus, Ohio. Source: Washington Journal...
Brendan Quinn is OpenSecrets outreach and social media manager. He spends most of his time playing with election forecasts, that is, when there isn't a dog around to distract him.Source: August 28th primary results: In most cases, leading fundraisers also lead the vote count...
Kaitlin Washburn joined CRP as a fall reporting intern in August 2018. She is in her senior year at the Missouri School of Journalism where she studies investigative journalism. For two years, she's worked as a researcher for Investigative Reporters and Editors.Source: What is the Congressional Leadership Fund?...
For much of his career John McCain fought to control unregulated money in politics and helped author the McCain-Feingold reform act.Source: McCain's Impact On Campaign Finance...
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they illegally used $250,000 of campaign funds for personal expenses, a development that could cost the GOP his California seat -- but Hunter claims the charges are politically motivated.Source: Rep. Duncan Hunter pleads not guilty, claims indictment 'politically motivated'...
Good morning. A good deal of thought went into the top-two nonpartisan primary system that was approved by California voters in 2010. It passed with the support of some high-profile politicians (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and no shortage of academics.Source: California Today: An Indictment Reveals a Pitfall in the Top-Two Primary System...
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 cuts through the propaganda on ‘sleazeball’ Michael Cohen’s guilty pleas and Trump; ALSO interview with...
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...
Local newspapers, including The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun, filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Maryland law intended to make political advertising more transparent and prevent foreign meddling in U.S. elections.Source: Why Newsrooms Are Challenging Maryland's Online Ad Law...
While the odds are low for any case to be heard by the Supreme Court, the request by the court for a response statistically changes the likelihood from 3.5% to 17%.Source: Austin's Campaign Finance Restriction Could Reach Supreme Court - Texas Scorecard...
