Category: A.M. Report

PRISON AND FINE IN REIMBURSEMENT CASE.   PH.   “Former local developer Michael Liberty was sentenced to four months in prison and fined $100,000 Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland for federal campaign finance violations.” REPORT OF SEIZURES.  LAT.  “FBI agents searched the office of Rep. Duncan Hunter’s campaign treasurer in February, seizing computer equipment and documents […]

PAYMENTS IN THE NEWS.   FN.  “Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) has paid a company that is owned by his chief of staff’s wife nearly $200,000 from his campaign funds, Federal Election Commission filings show.” LIBERATE THE (C)(4).     NPQ.  “It should surprise no one that a growing number of nonprofits have chosen to form affiliated […]

HOLMAN ON WAIVERS.   HP.  “Echoing a provision of Obama’s ethics executive order, Trump’s policy expressly prohibits former lobbyists from working on the same specific issue areas in government that they had lobbied on in the previous two years.” DEAN PUNCHES LEFT.   OBS.  “Now Dean is involved in setting up Hillary Clinton’s new Super PAC, Onward Together.” ROSEN REACH AND B-ROLL.  […]