Excessive fine would harm First Amendment rights. Alexandria, VA – Can a group be fined $18 million for not properly filing campaign finance reports?Source: CCP Brief: $18 Million Campaign Finance Fine is Unconstitutional...
SAN FRANCISCO (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.Source: Online ads offer legal option for U.S. election meddling...
Donald Trump Jr. has come back swinging after news broke on Sunday that he, along with President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and the president’s then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, met with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. On Monday Trump Jr.Source: Trump Jr. may have violated campaign laws, say legal experts...
The Trump campaign in 2016 was signaling to Russia that it would be happy to have the Putin regime’s help. President Trump, as a candidate, famously called for Russia’s assistance. Later, when pressed, he repeatedly refused to clearly acknowledge its interference or condemn it.Source: Open Door to Moscow? New Facts in the Potential Criminal Case of Trump Campaign Coordination with...
Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 with the express purpose of getting information the Russian government had supposedly acquired on Hillary Clinton, according to a New York Times report published on Monday night. Trump Jr.Source: Legal experts say Donald Trump Jr has just confessed to a federal crime...
To read the DOJ complaint filed yesterday, click here. To read the FEC complaint filed yesterday, click here.Source: Common Cause Files FEC and DOJ Complaints Against Donald Trump Jr....
GOP and Democratic campaign operatives also refute idea that such a meeting was normal practice during an election. Donald Trump Jr.Source: Donald Trump Jr. in legal danger for Russia meeting about Clinton dirt...
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s ban on direct corporate campaign contributions, denying a challenge from a Tea Party group that called it unconstitutional.Source: Texas Supreme Court rejects Tea Party challenge to campaign finance laws...
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