FINAL BILL. POL. “Mike Bloomberg ended his ill-fated presidential bid on March 4, but his campaign still shelled out nine figures last month anyway, taking his total spending over $1 billion in a losing run for the Democratic nomination.” CASH ALLEGATION. TI. “Detroit City Council President and former U.S. Rep. Brenda Jones accepted campaign contributions that […]
Month: April 2020
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TRIAL MOVED. LAW. “A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday postponed the trial of Lev Parnas and another associate of Rudy Giuliani after prosecutors and defense attorneys raised concerns about their ability to ready the criminal campaign-finance case amid the COVID-19 pandemic.” CLOSE ELECTIONS. TD. “Since the passage of the 12th Amendment, Congress has decided two elections: In […]
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FACEBOOK SUED FOR REPEATED VIOLATIONS. WAAG. “Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a campaign finance lawsuit today against Facebook for selling Washington state political ads without maintaining information for the public as required by Washington state campaign finance law. The complaint asserts that Facebook intentionally violated the state’s campaign finance disclosure law, which was first adopted by initiative […]