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 public deserves to know whether President Trump is pocketing money earned in his hotels from foreign governments for many reasons. First, conflicts of interest of this magnitude create the appearance that he and his family are using his office to enrich themselves. In addition, the potential for...

Foreign leaders already routinely decide to spend money at Trump properties, seemingly as a way to curry favor with the president, but this is the first time Trump will effectively force foreign leaders to do so.

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.

President Trump may be the first president to so brazenly use public office for private gain; but without meaningful ethics reforms, he might not be the last.

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.