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CLC President Trevor Potter Reaction to Mark Zuckerberg’s Support for Honest Ads Act

Date
April 6, 2018
Case
Disclosure Rules for Digital Political Spending
Issues
Campaign Finance

Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post that his company supports the Honest Ads Act, bipartisan legislation that would help to combat foreign interference in U.S. elections.

CLC President Trevor Potter, a former Republican Chairman of the Federal Election Commission, released...

First Empirical Research of Facebook Political Ads Demonstrates the Need for Legislative Solution that would Deter Foreign Interference in Elections

Date
April 16, 2018
Case
Disclosure Rules for Digital Political Spending
Issues
Campaign Finance

Research recommends solutions like Honest Ads Act, which would extend disclosure requirements to all major ad platforms, helping root out foreign interference

WASHINGTON – Today, CLC and Issue One, in conjunction with University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Young Mie Kim and her team, Project...

FEC will Crack Down on Zombie Campaigns after CLC Files Petition

Date
April 25, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

WASHINGTON – Today, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) announced that the agency will begin reviewing campaign disclosure reports to determine whether former candidates and officeholders are illegally using leftover campaign money for personal purposes, after Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a...

President Trump’s New Claim of Reimbursing Michael Cohen for Hush Money Payment Strengthens Case For Campaign Finance Violations

Date
May 3, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

FEC must investigate this matter so future campaigns don’t feel empowered to ignore reporting requirements necessary for transparency

In televised interviews on Fox News, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, asserted that Trump reimbursed Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen for the $130,000...

Maryland Steps Forward to Become National Leader in Transparency for Online Political Advertising

Date
May 29, 2018
Case
Disclosure Rules for Digital Political Spending
Issues
Campaign Finance

On Friday, Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland allowed the Online Electioneering Transparency and Accountability Act (OETA) to become law. The law will improve the disclosure of digital political advertising online. It will apply the same reporting standards applicable to political advertising on...

CLC Successfully Defends Legal Challenge to Seattle’s Innovative Public Financing System

June 14, 2018
Case
Elster v. City of Seattle
Issues
Campaign Finance

By design, Seattle’s funding program gives regular voters a voice in city government.

Public Financing in the Nation’s Capital: Could Your City Be Next? 

June 15, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

The momentum from these measures stems in large part from the growing resentment from Americans that candidates rely on a tiny segment to bankroll their campaigns, and in turn, curry favor and influence. 

IRS Revokes Dark Money Group Americans for Job Security’s Tax Exempt Status

Date
June 11, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
The IRS has revoked the tax exempt status of a dark money group that failed to file its tax returns, while keeping its donors secret.

Bipartisan House Bill Introduced to Combat Foreign Interference

June 29, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

This week, a bipartisan group of Members of Congress introduced the REFUSE Act to close the loopholes that foreign actors have used to secretly influence U.S. democracy. CLC advised the House offices on the text of the bill.

Judge Kavanaugh’s Views on Campaign Finance and Presidential Power Are Troubling for Democracy

Date
July 9, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Judge Kavanaugh’s views raise concerns about how he would analyze congressional efforts to insulate President Trump from cooperating with the Mueller probe. The President is not above the law.

Complaint: Trump Campaign Violated Federal Law’s Soft Money Ban

Date
July 11, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Donald Trump, his 2016 campaign committee, and the Donald J. Trump Foundation violated federal campaign finance law by soliciting and spending “soft money” funds in connection with his 2016...

All Expenses Paid: How Leadership PACs Became Politicians’ Preferred Ticket to Luxury Living

Date
July 19, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Politicians use leadership PACs to stay at five-star resorts, pay for golf memberships and spend big at Disney properties.

New IRS Policy Helps Foreign Influence and Dark Money Stay in the Dark

July 20, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

The IRS’s new policy will make laundering foreign money through dark-money groups simpler and our electoral system more susceptible to abuse.

Trevor Potter Statement in Support of CLEAN Politics Act

Date
July 25, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
CLC supports the CLEAN Politics Act, which will check the excessive influence of lobbyists and big money in our politics.

LLCs: The Perfect Mechanism to Funnel Secret (and Perhaps Foreign) Money Into Elections

July 30, 2018
Case
CLC v. FEC (Straw Donors)
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC has long pointed to the problem of shell corporations being used to evade disclosure laws. In some cases, this is a way that foreign actors, who are not permitted to engage in political activity in the U.S., are able to make contributions to super PACs supporting campaigns.

Sore Losers: Why Hasn't the FEC Appealed a Case in Over a Decade?

July 31, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance

This summer marks the ten-year anniversary of the last time a federal circuit court decided a case appealed by the FEC.