For years, politicians have publicly declared their support for reducing the influence of money on our political system. But privately, those same politicians have run campaigns that exploited loopholes in the law—and, in some cases, created new ones.

The stunning arrest of Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas on criminal campaign finance charges arose directly from CLC’s complaint to the FEC last year.

CLC hosted “Yes, Asking Foreign Governments for Political Favors Breaks the Law,” a conference call on the president’s recent campaign finance violations and abuses of power.

Join us for the call-in event, "Yes, Asking Foreign Governments for Political Favors Breaks the Law."

CLC’s Trevor Potter joins a group of conservative and libertarian lawyers to stand firm against foreign interference in U.S. elections

A California appellate court affirmed a lower court decision that invalidated a state law authorizing public financing programs at the state and local levels. 

Newly available records add new details to a wild story involving a corporation with foreign ties that illegally laundered money to a pro-Trump super PAC. 

By directly requesting or suggesting that President Zelensky use Ukraine’s resources to help his reelection efforts, President Trump violated campaign finance law.

Candidate for President of the United States Andrew Yang promised to give away free money, which sounds great, but it might also be illegal.

FEC Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub sponsored a symposium on September 17, 2019, on the topic of digital disinformation and the threat to democracy.

CLC’s founder and president Trevor Potter delivered the Constitution Day lecture at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana.

The New York Public Finance Reform Commission met in Albany, NY to hold the third of five public hearings on the development of the state's small donor public financing system.

Lawmakers in San Francisco have moved to pass a proposed ordinance to update the city’s matching funds program.

After the CLC/Axios investigation and the Trump campaign’s admonition of the Presidential Coalition, the group’s average daily contributions plummeted.

The next presidential primary debate is Thursday, September 12th on ABC and Univision. Absent from most of the first two debates was a discussion about what candidates would do to reform our broken campaign finance system.

CLC has asked DOJ to investigate whether former U.S. Representative Jeff Miller violated the revolving door ban by registering as a foreign agent months after leaving Congress.

Bill de Blasio accepted tens of thousands of dollars in excessive contributions, and failed to report the identity of those contributors.

Donors who gave to support a candidate’s run for office probably didn’t expect that their money would be used years later to advance Saudi Arabia’s interests.