SUPER PAC SUPPORT. Politico. “Donald Trump spent the primary bashing major donors and insisting he didn’t want super PAC help, but his campaign on Wednesday signaled that it has dropped its opposition to both and is now openly encouraging donors to give to a super PAC that has raised $5 million in recent days.” SPEECH […]
Month: July 2016
Problematic DOJ tweet, for sure, and today’s political law links
DOJ TWEET IN THE NEWS. Hill. “A staffer at the Department of Justice is in hot water after sending a tweet about Melania Trump from the agency’s Twitter account.” RNC PLATFORM ON CFR. TI. “The GOP platform is a pre-emptive strike against bills like the 2010 DISCLOSE Act, which would have required nonprofit corporations to disclose […]
Shadow donor? No jail. That and more political law links here
THOMPSON CASE UPDATE. WP. “The funder and mastermind behind the illegal financing of Vincent C. Gray’s successful 2010 D.C. mayoral campaign and scores of other local and federal political campaigns fully cooperated with prosecutors and should serve no jail time, the U.S. attorney’s office said Friday.” FEDERAL INVESTIGATION FOR CASTRO. KSAT. “The U.S. Office of […]