PEOPLE AND THE POWER. Backer in Daily Caller. “In the self-congratulatory echo chamber of Washington, it’s easy to attack outsiders for doing exactly what insiders did to achieve power: build organizations, raise money, hire staff, pay vendors, promote ideas.” TRUMP PAYS IRS. WP. “Donald Trump paid the IRS a $2,500 penalty this year, an official at Trump’s […]
Author: Eric Brown
Here are today’s political law links
MEMBER TO RESIGN. Politico. “Rep. Ed Whitfield, the Kentucky Republican dogged by ethics problems around ‘special favors’ he granted his lobbyist wife, is resigning from Congress next week.” PAINTER ENDORSES CLINTON. Politico. “Hillary Clinton is the “only qualified candidate in the race and she should become president,” President George W. Bush’s former chief White House […]
Coast to coast political law links of interest for Wed., 8-31-16
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 […]