Month: January 2017

Fraud and more great political law links

VOTER FRAUD INVESTIGATION SOUGHT.  Bloomberg.  “Trump believes as many as 5 million people voted illegally in the last U.S. election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters.” VOTER FRAUD MAJOR INVESTIGATION SOUGHT.  CNN.  “President Donald Trump called on Wednesday for ‘a major investigation’ into voter fraud, following through with baseless claims he has made […]

Updated manual and more political law links for today are here

OK TO KUSHNER.  NYT.  “Hours after President Trump took his oath on Friday, the Justice Department issued an opinion saying that his appointment of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser would be lawful despite a federal antinepotism law.” UPDATED INVESTIGATIONS MANUAL.  InsidePoliticalLaw. “Covington today released an updated version of its manual […]

Good morn., here are today’s political law links

PAY TO PLAY SNARE.  LEX.  “The pay-to-play rule is designed to address pay-to-play abuses involving campaign contributions made by certain investment advisers or their covered associates to government officials who are in a position to influence the selection of investment advisers to manage government client assets, including public pension fund assets.” EYEING FEC CHANGES.  CPI.  […]