Author: Eric Brown

FEC MEETING.   The agenda for today’s open meeting is online. RAVEL ADMISSION.   WE.  “A former Democratic chair of the Federal Election Commission who repeatedly rejected charges she was targeting Republicans and conservative websites like the Drudge Report has admitted that the agency has an anti-GOP bias.” CA:  MEUSER WIN.  My friend Mark Meuser is moving on in […]

STRAW DONORS IN THE NEWS.   IPL.  “Straw donor schemes are surprisingly common.  Such schemes involve an individual who has made the maximum donation to a campaign and who seeks to circumvent the contribution limit by funneling money through friends and family, causing FEC reports inaccurately to list those other persons as the true donors.” BITCOIN […]

FARA AO’S COMING.  NLR.  “The Department of Justice has begun informing persons who obtained Foreign Agents Registration Act (‘FARA’) advisory opinions that it will ‘soon’ publish on its website copies of advisory opinions issued since January 1, 2010.” CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM?   ATL.  “If Republicans lose the House in 2018, expect the Trumpist right to start thinking […]