LAWYERS MULL PASO. WP. “Beyer, who owns a chain of auto-dealerships, also gets airtime from public radio sponsorship messages purchased by his business. But local public radio station WAMU-FM suspended those ads Monday while its lawyers investigate whether they ‘promote, support, attack or oppose’ other candidates, which would be prohibited byFederal Election Commission rules.”
GUILTY PLEA. Reuters. “Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a campaign finance law violation, avoiding a trial that had been expected to begin the same day in a Manhattan federal court.”
ROBOCALL FINE. FCC. “In March 2013, Dialing Services received a citation from the Enforcement Bureau for making more than 4.7 million robocalls to mobile phones without consumers’ permission during the 2012 election cycle.”
POLITICIANS USING BITCOIN. Cointelegraph.com. “Much like your Dad whipping out the phrase ‘YOLO’ in front of your friends to prove how hip he is to the kids these days, American politicians are jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon to show the young-and-cryptocurrency-minded how in touch they are with technology (while, of course, making money at the same time).”
SUPER PAC SENATE SUPPORTER. Politico. “Durbin will be one of three special guests to appear at a June 5 reception in support of Ready for Hillary, a political action committee created to muster national support for Clinton’s potential 2016 presidential race.”
SUPER PAC DISCLOSURE. Roll Call. “New federal financial reports from Super PACs continue to show the use of hundreds of thousands of dollars from individuals for impacting on the 2014 elections. However, the big exception is $250,000 from an unknown source that a Super PAC has not identified.”
CA: SUPER PAC FILINGS. SF Chronicle. “This month, an employee at the unaccredited Mountain View school, which is dedicated to ‘solving humanity’s grand challenges,’ completed the paperwork to form four federal super political action committees, or super PACs.”
MT: ANOTHER BLOW. Missoulian. “A federal judge Wednesday struck down Montana’s dollar limits on campaign contributions to state candidates, dealing another blow to long-standing state laws that attempt to limit money in politics.”
NY: SUPER PAC MYSTERY. NYDN. “Prominent Republicans in New York have formed a new SuperPAC to aid Republican House candidates in the state.”
VA: TRIED TOGETHER. Politico. “The corruption trial against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, is set to go to trial this summer after a judge tossed out a motion to dismiss most of the charges against the couple.”
WI: CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONFUSION. Urban Milwaukee. “Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board (GAB) is supposed to be the cop on the campaign-finance beat. But, when they meet this week, GAB members should ask: Does our squad car’s siren still work? Any bullets left in our gun?”
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