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CLC Complaint Results in Arrest of Two Ukrainian-American Trump Donors Connected to Giuliani

Date
October 10, 2019
Case
Holding Trump Accountable for Legal Violations Involving Ukraine
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Two Ukrainian-Americans who had been working with President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani on Ukrainian matters, were arrested late Wednesday for violating campaign finance laws. These arrests stemmed from a CLC complaint.

CLC Calls for Investigation of Trump Super PAC America First Action for Illegally Coordinating Spending Up to $6.6 Million with Three Federal Candidates

Date
October 25, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
President Trump’s super PAC has replicated the coordination scheme first pioneered by the NRA, coordinating communications with three federal candidates worth up to $6.6 million in expenditures.

Press Call (10/16): Yes, President Trump Broke the Law by Asking Foreign Governments for Favors

Date
October 9, 2019
Case
Holding Trump Accountable for Legal Violations Involving Ukraine
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
President Trump is facing an impeachment inquiry based on election law violations. Hear nonpartisan analysis from CLC’s legal experts about the president’s abuse of power and campaign finance violations.

Holding Trump Accountable for Legal Violations Involving Ukraine

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

On September 26, 2019, a whistleblower complaint was made public that alleges President Donald Trump used the power of his office to solicit interference from Ukraine in the 2020 U.S. election. Further reports have revealed other alleged illegal acts by employees or associates of the Executive...

Victory: Supreme Court Upholds Ruling on Constitutionality of Disclosure

Date
February 27, 2017
Case
Independence Institute v. FEC
Issues
Campaign Finance

WASHINGTON – Today, the Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to “electioneering communication” disclosure provisions, which the Court has twice upheld since they were enacted as part of the McCain-Feingold Act in 2002. Today’s summary ruling affirms the three-judge district court’s...

Resignation Leaves Federal Election Watchdog Without Authority to Take Official Action

Date
August 26, 2019
Case
Disclosure Rules for Digital Political Spending
Issues
Campaign Finance
Without a functioning election watchdog, the vulnerabilities in U.S. elections that were exposed in 2016 by Russia will be exploited to greater effect by foreign and domestic actors in the 2020 election and beyond.

De Blasio Campaign Created Shell Game to Deceive Voters: CLC Calls for Investigation

Date
August 7, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Bill de Blasio, a 2020 candidate for President of the United States, spent more on his presidential run than he reported in federal campaign filings, allowing wealthy donors to illegally support his run for president.

CLC v. FEC (Clinton Campaign coordination)

Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC sued the FEC after it deadlocked and dismissed CLC’s complaint alleging illegal coordination between Clinton’s campaign and the super PAC Correct the Record (CTR). CLC is suing the FEC to force it to hold CTR and the Campaign accountable for violating the laws designed to limit money’s influence...

Court Must Require FEC to Enforce the Law or Risk Rampant Abuse by Super PACs in 2020

Date
August 5, 2019
Case
CLC v. FEC (Clinton Campaign coordination)
Issues
Campaign Finance
The Republican FEC commissioners let Clinton campaign off the hook for coordinating millions in spending with super PAC.

CLC v. FEC (Straw Donors)

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

LLCs are growing vehicles for laundering dark money contributions into federal elections. Anonymous donors are giving contributions to super PACs through LLCs, and only the LLCs, not the actual donors, are being disclosed to the public by the super PACs. CLC and Democracy 21 filed a lawsuit in the...

CLC v. FEC (GEO Group Contractor Contribution)

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

This case is a challenge to the FEC’s delay in enforcing federal campaign finance law against GEO Group, one of America’s largest private prison companies, which illegally made $225,000 in contributions to a super PAC supporting then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016.

FEC Must Investigate Unprecedented Violations of Campaign Finance Laws by Clinton, Trump

Date
October 6, 2016
Case
CLC v. FEC (Clinton Campaign coordination)
Issues
Campaign Finance

Campaign Legal Center Files FEC Complaints Against Both Major Party Presidential Candidates and Their Supporting Super PACs

WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center today filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission alleging that three super PACs – one supporting Hillary Clinton (Correct...

CLC Report Reveals Former Congressmen-Turned-Foreign Agents Using Leftover Campaign Funds to Advance Interests of Foreign Governments

Date
July 26, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
CLC’s report underscores the importance of the FEC issuing clear rules for so-called “zombie campaigns,” such as requiring that old campaign accounts be shut down.

Citizens United v. FEC

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court on January 21, 2010 struck down the 60-year-old federal prohibition on corporate independent expenditures in candidate elections in Citizens United v. FEC. By a vote of 8-1, however, the Supreme Court, upheld the electioneering communications disclosure...

Private Prison Company GEO Group's Pay-to-Play

Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC took action to address a pay-to-play scheme in which a government contractor, private prison company GEO, violated the ban on contributions by government contractors by making a six-figure donation to a super PAC supporting candidate Trump just one day after the Obama Administration announced it...

Trump ABC Interview Demonstrates ‘Shocking Lack of Concern’ for Threat of Foreign Interference in Elections

Date
June 13, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
The President’s statement demonstrates a shocking lack of concern about the harm of foreign interference in American elections.

Schickel v. Dilger

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

Schickel v. Dilger is a challenge to several pillars of Kentucky’s legislative ethics laws that prevent lobbyists from corrupting state legislators with gifts and campaign contributions.

Congressional Leadership PACs Continue to Subsidize Lavish Lifestyles

Date
May 22, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
The FEC’s failure to address the misuse of leadership PAC funds has allowed more politicians to exploit the system, spending their funds on trips to Vegas and memberships to exclusive clubs.

Dozens of Chinese Citizens Apparently Made Contributions to Trump Reelect and Local Political Committees

Date
May 22, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
The consistent pattern of foreign invitations to high-dollar fundraising events and foreign national attendance at these events indicate that foreign funds are indirectly flowing into U.S. campaigns, potentially through straw donors.

Court of Appeals Upholds Campaign Contribution Limits

Date
May 21, 2019
Case
Libertarian National Committee v. FEC
Issues
Campaign Finance
Today’s decision reaffirms that contribution limits are a vital preventative measure to protect voters against the worst forms of political corruption.