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GEO’s $225,000 in contributions to pro-Trump super PAC violated 75-year old protection against companies buying contracts through political contributions
WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) over its unlawful delay in...
CLC Lawsuit Demands DOJ Provide Documents Relating to Private Prison Company GEO and Trump Super PAC
While the FEC fails to enforce the law, private prison company reaps benefits of its illegal contribution to Trump super PAC
WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a lawsuit demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) turn over documents relating to the private prison company...
Pay-to-Play on Full Display? Private Prison Contractor Reaps Benefits from Illegal Campaign Spending
In response to reports that the first contract for a new immigrant detention center under the Trump administration will be awarded to GEO Group – which gave $225,000 to a pro-Trump super PAC, in violation of federal law– Brendan Fischer, federal and FEC reform program director at the Campaign Legal...
FEC Must Investigate $225,000 in Donations from Private Prison Company GEO Group to Trump Super PAC, in Violation of Contractor Ban
Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo Thursday reversing the previous administration’s plans to phase-out the use of private prisons. In 2016, the Campaign...
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center filed a letter today with the Federal Election Commission providing additional evidence that private prison company GEO Group illegally contributed a total of $225,000 to the Donald Trump-affiliated super PAC Rebuilding America Now, in violation of the 75-year...
WASHINGTON – One day after the Obama administration announced its decision to phase out federal private prison contracts, the private prison company GEO Group made a $100,000 donation to the pro-Donald Trump super PAC Rebuilding America Now, in violation of the longstanding ban on government...
Washington, DC - Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that a $150,000 donor to the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) appears to be a shell corporation established for the purpose of funneling secret donations to the super PAC.
...Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that “Montcalm LLC,” which gave $150,000 to the super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund less than two weeks after incorporating, violated the ban on making political contributions in the name of another.
On Oct. 16, 2020, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a supplemental complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) regarding Cambridge Analytica and its role in facilitating unlawful coordination between Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and a super PAC financed by the Mercer family. The supplement relied on newly-published internal Cambridge Analytica documents.
On Oct. 15, 2020, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) sent a letter to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, urging the Mayor not to decrease the revenue allocated to Denver's Fair Elections Fund in the city budget for 2021. In November 2018, over 70% of Denver voters approved creation of the Fair Elections Fund via ballot measure, and, beginning in the 2023 election cycle, the new public financing program will provide participating city candidates with matching funds at a 9-to-1 rate, for small campaign contributions given by residents of Denver. In the letter to Mayor Hancock, CLC stresses the importance of fully funding Denver's Fair Elections Fund in the 2021 budget to ensure the new public financing program's successful implementation.
On Oct. 14, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted Campaign Legal Center's (CLC) motion for default judgment in CLC v. FEC, 20-cv-01778, a delay suit filed by CLC against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in June 2020. The district court's order holds that the FEC's ongoing failure to act on CLC's administrative complaint alleging federal campaign finance violations by Iowa Values is contrary to law, and requires the FEC to take action on CLC's complaint within the timeframe required by statute.
On Feb. 3, 2020, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint against with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that the Society of Young Women Scientists and Engineers (SCYWSE), its manager Jennifer Lam, and other unknown persons violated the straw donor ban in the Federal Election Campaign Act by making contributions in the name of another person. The FEC has acted contrary to law by failing act in the 120 days after the complaint was received.