A jury returned a guilty verdict in the trial of David Safavian. The AP has a list of some of the individuals convicted in the Abramoff scandal in the article, “People Convicted in Lobbying Scandal.”
Day: December 19, 2008
Progressive Groups: Don’t Call Us Political Committees
AFJ’s Nonprofit and Political Advocacy blog deserves a tip of the hat for spotting this article out of New Mexico regarding several progressive groups fighting the state’s efforts to treat them as political committees. The groups are asking that a federal judge declare the statutes unconstitutional or, in the alternative, declare that they don’t apply […]
Marc Dann Update
A complaint against former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann alleges he used campaign funds for improper expenses. Statements of receipts and expenditures that Dann’s campaign filed with the secretary of state “contain incomplete, inaccurate and false information concerning expenditures from the fund for travel, food, beverages, cell phones and other expenditures,” Inspector General Thomas P. […]