Day: August 14, 2009

Mixing Lists?

TPM discusses a curious exchange between White House spokesman Robert Gibbs and FOX News corresponden’s Major Garrett yesterday about an email list. Fox News correspondent Major Garrett said he’d heard reports of people receiving the email, even though they hadn’t signed up for the White House email list. Garrett also said they hadn’t signed up to […]

Jack Abramoff-Related Case Update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 14, 2009
Categories In Courts & Cases

Roll Call reports that Kevin Ring’s trial starts soon. Among those expected to testify are Todd Boulanger, an aide to then-Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.) and later one of Abramoff’s deputies who pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy to defraud the government; Neil Volz, chief of staff to then-Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) who became a lobbyist […]

Political Law Newsletters

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 14, 2009
Categories In FEC

Some new political law newsletters are out. Covington’s Political Law Update is online here and Womble Carlyle’s Political GPS is here. Wiley Rein’s Election Law news is here.