Category: FEC

Edwards emails, Weiner tweets, ethics news, and more political law links for today

WHAT THE EDWARDS EMAILS WILL SHOW. The Post. “Prosecutors have obtained emails between John Edwards and a former aide to use as evidence at trial that he knew about payments to his pregnant mistress even while he was publicly denying it, people familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Monday.” MOST EXPENSIVE ELECTION […]

Wednesday’s political law links

CORPORATE CONTRIBUTION CASE. For better or worse, a federal judge might revisit his holding that the ban on corporate contributions is unconstitutional.  SCOTUSblog. WHAT’S A GIFT? More on the Edwards case here.  “Former presidential candidate John Edwards and federal prosecutors are arguing over whether funds used to cover up his extramarital affair were campaign contributions […]