DOJ TWEET IN THE NEWS. Hill. “A staffer at the Department of Justice is in hot water after sending a tweet about Melania Trump from the agency’s Twitter account.” RNC PLATFORM ON CFR. TI. “The GOP platform is a pre-emptive strike against bills like the 2010 DISCLOSE Act, which would have required nonprofit corporations to disclose […]
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Shadow donor? No jail. That and more political law links here
THOMPSON CASE UPDATE. WP. “The funder and mastermind behind the illegal financing of Vincent C. Gray’s successful 2010 D.C. mayoral campaign and scores of other local and federal political campaigns fully cooperated with prosecutors and should serve no jail time, the U.S. attorney’s office said Friday.” FEDERAL INVESTIGATION FOR CASTRO. KSAT. “The U.S. Office of […]
Constitutional amendment proposed and more political law links
CONVENTION PARTY TIME. NJ. “But a prominent ethics group says the national parties have gotten so good at disregarding a law that prohibited corporations from funding conventions that it was news this year when some companies said they wouldn’t give.” CLINTON PROPOSES CFR. WSJ. “Hillary Clinton on Saturday will pledge to make an overhaul of the […]