Another blog reports on an interesting auction (subsequently pulled) where the proceeds were reportedly going to be donated to a campaign.
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I updated my list of complaints allegedly filed with the FEC to include the latest against American Leadership Project.
Indio police are reviewing actions Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters, who they believe was behind a stunt to drop political fliers over a 2-square-mile radius of homes outside the Coachella Music and Art Festival on Sunday night.
Meanwhile, there have been no sightings of a white two-story inflatable pig Waters released over Indio. Coachella organizers and Waters’ management are offering a $10,000 reward and four festival tickets for life, in exchange for its whereabouts and return.
Waters released his trademark Pink Floyd pig during the song “Pigs” with a picture of a sinister Uncle Sam holding bloody meat cleavers and graffiti reading, “Don’t be led to slaughter.”
Later, during Waters’ final performance of “Comfortably Numb,” a low-flying plane dropped hundreds of ticker-tape flyers urging concertgoers to vote for Democratic candidate Barrack Obama.
This Press-Enterprise story raises some curious campaign finance law questions.
The Hill updates us on some news regarding nominations to fill the four empty seats on the Federal Election Commission.
Again, The Detroit Free Press reports some details about the Fieger trial.
The American Leadership Project, a group I’ve written about in the past, is back with some new ads in Indiana.
Bob Bauer, Obama Campaign Chief Counsel said, “We’ve seen ALP before…and they are completely breaking the law. They’ve modeled themselves after the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth. It has been organized by her [Hillary Clinton] supporters and supported by her campaign and the consequences are going to be severe. The standards of the FCC are being completely violated. Sometimes people in desperate situations do desperate things.”
Bauer stopped short of saying that he would file a complaint against the ALP but promised that the people involved in organizing and running the ad runs a high risk of being prosecuted by federal authorities.
An updated memorandum for Members and staff addressing campaign activities is available.
The Detroit Free Press keeps us updated on the Fieger trial here.
Under questioning from Justice Department trial lawyer Kendall Day, Broschay admitted contributing $2,000 for himself, $2,000 on behalf of his wife and $2,000 on behalf of each of his two children to Edwards’ campaign in 2003. Broschay said he did not contribute because he was forced to do so, but because he identified with Edwards, a former plaintiffs’ lawyer.
Broschay said he signed his wife’s name to her contribution with her approval and belatedly told his children that he had contributed on their behalf. He said both children were “ecstatic” about giving.
The Post’s Mosk notes the number of complaints filed recently and a new website.
With the senate in a prolonged stalemate over how to proceed on President Bush’s nominations to fill four vacancies on the six-member commission, the FEC has been unable to do much of anything with these and other complaints. It takes four votes of the commission to rule on complaints, but the FEC has only two members.