Category: FEC

Mon. political law links, 6-17-13

ABEDIN ARRANGEMENT QUESTIONS.  Politico.  “Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member on the Judiciary Committee, is asking the State Department to answer a list of questions about Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin’s role there and whether she was allowed to trade on ‘political intelligence’ while she was a consultant allowed to represent other clients, POLITICO […]

Tuesday’s political law links, 6/11/13

FEC MEETING. The agenda for Thursday’s Federal Election Commission meeting is online here. POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE ALERT. The Post. “Hundreds of federal employees were given advance word of a Medicare decision worth billions of dollars to private insurers in the weeks before the official announcement, a period when trading in the shares of those firms spiked.” […]

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links, 6/10/13

JACKSON’S RECOMMENDED SENTENCE. Story here. “Prosecutors Friday recommended four years in prison for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., following his guilty plea this year on criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.” 31 DAYS OF THE IRS SCANDAL. TaxProf Blog. COMMISSION NOMINEES SENT TO THE […]