Category: fec

Vivek Ramaswamy to Let Fundraisers Keep 10 Percent of Money They Raise

Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy told The Epoch Times in late June that his campaign was “decentralizing the process of getting people to support us.” “What does that mean? Actually make volunteers accountable for bringing more people into the movement,” said the biotech entrepreneur and anti-ESG investor. A July 10 announcement from his campaign makes it…


Vivek Ramaswamy to Let Volunteer Fundraisers Keep 10 Percent of Money They Raise

Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy told The Epoch Times in late June that his campaign was “decentralizing the process of getting people to support us.” “What does that mean? Actually make volunteers accountable for bringing more people into the movement,” said the biotech entrepreneur and anti-ESG investor. A July 10 announcement from his campaign makes it…


Ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Hit With Historic Fine for Misuse of Public Funds

Former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been fined roughly $475,000 for misusing public funds during his failed presidential campaign. The fine is the largest ever imposed by the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board. “Between May 2019 and September 2019, while serving as Mayor, Respondent was a candidate for President of the…


Report: China Looks to Cuba for New Spying Outpost Targeting the US

China is reportedly constructing an outpost in Cuba to spy on the southeastern United States. FBI Director Christopher Wray dodged contempt charges Thursday. The House Oversight Committee canceled the hearing, and lawmakers talked about their next steps in the investigation into the Biden family. The United States and the UK unveiled a new economic agreement and vowed…


Democrat Senator Calls on FEC to End Illegal Campaign Donation Refunds

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) on Feb. 21 called on the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to end the practice of refunding illegal campaign contributions to donors. U.S. law places limits on the amount an individual may donate to a political campaign. Under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, restrictions are placed upon who can…


Trump Secures Federal Extension for Disclosing His Personal Finances

Former President Donald Trump will not have to disclose his personal finances for another several weeks. Federal Election Commission lawyer Lisa Stevenson told Trump attorney Derek Ross on Jan. 27 that the FED is granting his team a request for another 45-day extension, according to a brief letter published online (pdf). Trump was previously given an…


Democrats Propose Constitutional Amendment to Overturn First Amendment Decision

Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United v. FEC decision made in 2010. The court ruled 5–4 that the free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations and overruled an earlier decision…