ADS REVEALED. ABC. “Several anti-immigrant messages with an explicit pro-Trump slant are included among the 3,000 pieces of Russian-linked political content Facebook plans to turn over to Congressional investigators, ABC News has learned.” REQUESTS TO TESTIFY. GIZM. “The House and Senate Intelligence Committees have asked executives from major tech companies to appear in open […]
Month: September 2017
Skelos, ads, and more political law links
SKELOS CONVICTION TOSSED. NYT. “A federal appeals panel on Tuesday overturned the 2015 corruption convictions of Dean G. Skelos, once the powerful majority leader of the New York State Senate, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, toppling the final bookend of what had been historic, back-to-back convictions of two of Albany’s most entrenched […]
9.26 Political Law Links
PAY TO PLAY SNAG. CNBC. “A senior BlackRock Inc executive made a donation to an unsuccessful U.S. presidential candidate last year, an action that may prohibit the world’s largest asset manager from collecting some fees from a state government, a company regulatory filing showed.” WHAT ADS SAID. WP. “The batch of more than 3,000 Russian-bought […]