Category: FEC

Mayor(s) Against Illegal Guns Action Fund

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 25, 2008
Categories In FEC

Mayors Against Illegal Guns Action Fund reports electioneering communications. I count one very significant mayor disclosed on the group’s Form 9.

AOR 2008-4

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 25, 2008
Categories In FEC

The FEC has received a request for an advisory opinion from Dodd for President. The campaign has about $1.7 million in funds for the general held in the type of account specified in AO 2007-3 (Obama for President). The Dodd campaign has ideas about using the funds, so they’re asking the FEC about their plan. […]

More on Fieger Trial

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 25, 2008
Categories In Courts & Cases, FEC

The Fieger trial is one of the rare instances of an alleged reimbursement scheme to come to trial, and coverage of opening arguments is here. Fieger lawyer Gerry Spence, however, told the jury that his client decided to reimburse employees for donations in a way he thought was legal and didn’t think it violated campaign […]