COLLUSION DELUSION. DC. “A dose of reality is in order. No, Trump Jr.’s meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya—a Russian lawyer linked to the Kremlin—did not break any campaign finance laws. Not a single one.” GOOGLE LOBBYING. GUA. “Figures released last week show that Google spent a record amount of almost $6m lobbying in Washington DC in […]
Month: July 2017
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CLAIM REBUTTAL. PHILLY. “U.S. Rep. Robert Brady’s lawyer pushed back Wednesday against federal prosecutors’ claims that the congressman secretly paid a political rival $90,000 to drop a bid to unseat him in the 2012 Democratic primary.” SUPER PAC DIVERSIFIES. WP. “The CLF’s multimillion-dollar campaign, unfolding this year in 20 targeted districts and expanding next year […]
7.26 political law links
BUSINESS DONATED LITTLE. PRN. “Today the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED) released new data indicating that, during the 2016 federal election cycle, business corporations did not participate in campaign finance activities to the extent that many anticipated. Among the findings, business corporations made up six percent of Super PAC receipts. The […]