CLINTON AND MCDONNELL: DISCUSS. WP. “Justice Department officials are actively considering whether to retry former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell on federal corruption charges. That doesn’t sit well with some conservatives who view his dealings with Richmond businessman Jonnie R. Williams Sr. as not entirely dissimilar from Hillary Clinton’s interactions with donors to her family’s […]
Month: August 2016
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THE SANDERS CHALLENGE. RC. “Up until now, Sanders has been a vocal champion of campaign finance reform. Time will tell whether such ‘reform’ includes a simplification of the laws, and whether the legal minefield Our Revolution faces will cause him to ‘feel the burn.’ In the meantime, politicians looking to operate 501(c)(4)s had better lawyer […]
Good morning — here are today’s political law links
CEOS AND EMPLOYEE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. Harvard. “Do CEOs affect political choices of their employees? Using a large sample of U.S. firms, we find evidence that they do.” DINNER WITH TRUMP. Politico. “Internet-based scam PACs are hardly new to 2016. In the past, some have made look-alike campaign sites and bought Google ads to lure unsuspecting […]