campaign finance
Former Clinton Pollster Says Hillary Broke Campaign Finance Laws, Not Trump
Hillary Clinton failed to report millions of dollars that were paid to a Democratic law firm that, in turn, paid out money to political research firm Fusion GPS and British ex-spy, Christopher Steele, without listing them on any campaign expenditure form. Nothing was done about it. [...]
President Trump’s Former Attorney Pleads ‘Guilty’ to Campaign-Finance Fraud, which May Put Trump in Jeopardy
The reason this is considered campaign fraud is that Cohen says he paid the money to the women instead of Trump and that doing so was considered to be a campaign donation - which Cohen failed to report as such. [...]
Restoring the Rule of Law
The rule of law is in grave danger in the U.S. and can be saved by ending perpetual war, prosecuting war crimes, and reforming campaign finance and the judicial system, argues Inder Comar. By Inder Comar Special to Consortium News…Read more →
Top Ten Signs the US Is the Most Corrupt Nation in the World
Those ratings that castigate Afghanistan and some other poor countries as hopelessly “corrupt” always imply that the United States is not corrupt. This year’s report from Transparency International puts the US on a par with Austria, which is ridiculous. All kinds of people from politicians to businessmen would go to jail in Austria today if they engaged in practices that are quite common in the US.
Elections Watchdog: FEC Turned Blind Eye To Stealth GOP Donor
WASHINGTON – CREW, a nonprofit whose name is short for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, filed the complaint on Aug. 4 in Washington — taking issue with the anticlimactic conclusion of what it calls an open-and-shut case of stealth donor activity.