CONVICTIONS UPHELD. WTOP. “A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the convictions of three top staffers on Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign who were found guilty of arranging for money to be funneled through a vendor to an influential Iowa state senator who dropped his support for another Republican candidate in favor of Paul.” The […]
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FEC MEETING. The agenda for today’s Federal Election Commission meeting is online. MCCAIN WARNING. USAT. “According to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a secretive, corrupting campaign finance system is at the root of political dysfunction dividing Americans across the country — and he says Congress better fix it.” REPORTING IN-KINDS. BG. “A closer examination of his filings with […]
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DONATIONS AND LIMITS. NYP. “Rosie O’Donnell made illegally over-sized campaign donations to at least five Democratic federal candidates, according to a Post analysis of campaign filings.” FEC HIT. FN. “The Hillary Clinton Campaign and the Democratic National Committee allegedly used state chapters as strawmen to launder as much as $84 million in an effort to […]