- "The deal Donald Trump struck with the Republican National Committee this week that allows wealthy supporters to give nearly $500,000 to finance his campaign and get-out-the-vote activities made it official: The parties are back in the big-money business." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-deal-with-the-rnc-shows-how-big-money-is-flowing-back-to-the-parties/2016/05/18/4d84e14a-1d11-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html 65 comments politics
- Trump-backed Republican who ran for Mark Meadows' old House seat gets probation for campaign finance violation https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/politics/lynda-bennett-campaign-finance-probation/index.html 18 comments politics
- 'Get it done': Trump was involved 'nearly every step' of suppressing stories on alleged affairs and may have violated campaign-finance laws https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-role-stormy-daniels-mcdougal-payments-michael-cohen-2018-11 12 comments politics
- Will Jeb Bush Get Away With His ‘Scheme’ to Skirt Campaign Finance Rules? http://www.thenation.com/blog/208353/will-jeb-bush-get-away-his-scheme-skirt-campaign-finance-rules 4 comments politics
- Nevada’s MAGA Secretary of State Candidate Appears to Be Blatantly Ignoring Campaign Finance Law | And getting away with it. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/jim-marchant-nevada-secretary-state-maga-trump-citizens-united-campaign-finance/ 48 comments politics
- ‘Mercenary’ donor gets 12 years in campaign finance scheme https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-campaign-finance-tax-evasion-campaign-contributions-715ac19201213a5b2ba3c136496292a0 7 comments politics
- Donor for Trump and Obama gets 12 years in prison for campaign finance scheme https://ktla.com/news/local-news/donor-for-trump-and-obama-gets-12-years-in-prison-for-campaign-finance-scheme/ 3 comments politics
- Rudy Giuliani Under Federal Investigation for Campaign Finance Violations: 'I Would Not Be Surprised If He Gets Indicted' https://www.theroot.com/rudy-giuliani-under-federal-investigation-for-campaign-1839888612 37 comments politics
- How slamming campaign finance laws helped Greg Gianforte get elected https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/11/15/21278/how-slamming-campaign-finance-laws-helped-greg-gianforte-get-elected 3 comments politics
- Chairman of Ron Paul's 2012 Presidential Bid Avoids Prison, Gets 2 Years' Probation for Campaign Finance Violations http://abcnews.go.com/politics/wirestory/chairman-ron-pauls-2012-presidential-bid-avoids-prison-42229907 3 comments politics
- Leaked Memo Teaches Clinton Staffers How To Break Campaign Finance Laws And Get Away With It http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/20/leaked-memo-teaches-clinton-staffers-how-to-break-campaign-finance-laws-and-get-away-with-it/ 50 comments politics
- Ted Cruz’s Cringe Podcast Is About to Get Him in Serious Trouble - The Texas senator may have violated campaign finance law with his podcast. https://newrepublic.com/post/180554/ted-cruz-cringe-podcast-serious-trouble 267 comments politics
- Clinton calls for campaign finance reform, group backing her gets $1M from untraceable donors http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/08/10/group-backing-hillary-clinton-gets-1m-from-anonymous-donors 14 comments politics
- D'Souza Gets Five Years Probation For Violating Campaign Finance Laws http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/dinesh-d-souza-sentenced-five-years-probation 36 comments politics
- Trump's Campaign Gets Hit With Another Campaign Finance Violation Charge for Latest Bimbo Eruption https://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/2018/04/13/trumps-campaign-gets-hit-another-campaign-finance-violation-charge-latest-bimbo-eruption/ 15 comments politics
- John Doe Files (for Campaign Finance Prosecution Shut Down by WI S Ct) Get Leaked https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/sep/14/john-doe-files-scott-walker-corporate-cash-american-politics 17 comments law
- Don’t get campaign finance? Experts recommend watching more Comedy Central. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/03/dont-get-campaign-finance-experts-recommend-watching-more-comedy-central/ 8 comments politics
- 3 days after getting $25 billion from the bailout, Bank of America had a call with GOP activists and CEOs on how to spend millions on lobbying. If there was ever a reason for campaign finance reform, this is it. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/27/191623/438/822/689723 40 comments politics
- Seattle's Experiment With Campaign Funding: City residents approved a public-financing program in which voters will get $100 worth of election vouchers—the first of its kind in the nation. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/seattle-experiments-with-campaign-funding/415026/ 35 comments politics
- Trump’s dark money gets darker: How campaign finance loopholes help his criminal cases https://www.salon.com/2024/06/22/trumps-dark-money-gets-darker-how-campaign-finance-loopholes-help-him-fight-criminal-cases/ 18 comments politics
- Ted Cruz gets even more slimy: A new campaign-finance controversy should derail his campaign—but it won’t http://www.salon.com/2016/01/19/ted_cruz_gets_even_more_slimy_a_new_campaign_finance_controversy_should_derail_his_campaign_but_it_wont/ 34 comments politics
- For presidential hopefuls in a campaign that is all about the U.S. economy, the Republican contenders have offered few clear plans for what they would do to get the country's finances back on track. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/18/us-usa-campaign-economy-idustre77h5e520110818 3 comments politics
- A Trump Appointee Is Trying to Gut the FEC’s Ability to Investigate Campaign Finance Crimes. | A new proposal would require the FEC’s investigators to get explicit approval from the commissioners for any investigative activity, no matter how big or small. https://theintercept.com/2023/09/12/fec-campaign-finance-investigation/ 11 comments politics
- Igor Fruman, an ex-Giuliani associate, gets one year in prison in campaign finance case https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/politics/fruman-giuliani-associate-prison-sentence/index.html 20 comments politics
- Donald Trump’s festival of narcissism "Trump is the Frankenstein monster created by our campaign-finance system in which money trumps all. The Supreme Court has equated money with free speech ..., which means the more money you have, the more speech you get. " http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trumps-festival-of-narcissism/2015/06/16/fd006c28-1459-11e5-9ddc-e3353542100c_story.html 1164 comments politics
- How Close Will the Supreme Court Get to Ending Campaign-Finance Laws? Judging from oral arguments Tuesday in McCutcheon v. FEC, justices are likely to eliminate limits on how much individuals can give each cycle. | The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/how-close-will-the-supreme-court-get-to-ending-campaign-finance-laws/280401/ 118 comments politics
- Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) signs bills to abolish the death penalty, legalize medical marijuana, allow undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses, expand early voting, reform campaign-finance laws, and put in place the federal health-care law in Maryland. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/omalley-to-sign-death-penalty-repeal-and-scores-of-other-bills-thursday-morning/2013/05/02/b0f98bb4-b319-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html 52 comments politics
- Unlimited Donations to Candidates, Coming Soon? | Former Solicitor General Paul Clement may get the Supreme Court closer to killing what’s left of campaign-finance limits. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/campaign-finance-supreme-court/594751/ 71 comments law
- Unlimited Donations to Candidates, Coming Soon | Former Solicitor General Paul Clement may get the Supreme Court closer to killing what’s left of campaign finance limits. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/campaign-finance-supreme-court/594751/ 11 comments politics
- The Koch Cycle of Endless Cash - Members of Congress get elected with substantial help from check writers like the Kochs and others. Once there, they do the bidding of former members paid by the Kochs to preserve their business interests and fight off campaign-finance reforms. http://nytimes.com/2014/06/14/opinion/the-koch-cycle-of-endless-cash.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=1&referrer= 39 comments politics