U.S. prosecutors charged Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, with violating campaign finance laws, according to an eight count indictment released Tuesday.
Facebook (now known as Meta) was fined almost $25 million on Wednesday for intentionally and repeatedly violating Washington State’s campaign finance laws. Attorney General Bob Ferguson claims it is the largest campaign finance penalty ever issued in the United States, but the fine is less than a rounding error for Mark Zuckerberg’s giant, which enjoyed annual profits of $46.7 billion in 2021.
Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Franklin), a potential Republican gubernatorial candidate in the Keystone State, has been accused by critics of violating campaign finance laws, as they say he is essentially campaigning for governor of the state without a formal campaign committee set up, soliciting donations through his committee. Mastriano, however, adamantly asserts he is in compliance with Pennsylvania campaign finance law — which is a relatively nebulous legal landscape, according to experts.
The Michigan Freedom Fund filed a campaign finance complaint Wednesday against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) after she raised more than the maximum allowed from several donors.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have subpoenaed Trump’s accounting firm, demanding eight years of personal and corporate tax returns.
The state of Washington has sued Silicon Valley giants Facebook and Google over alleged violations of state campaign finance laws.
Students of the big Clinton scandals of the 1990s will remember the name of James Riady, an Indonesian businessman who ultimately pled guilty to making illegal donations to Bill Clinton’s political campaigns.
Comedian Louis C.K. is set to host a birthday fundraiser for Bill de Blasio this month in Brooklyn, as the New York City Mayor remains at the center of an investigation into alleged violations of state election fundraising law.
The campaign run by Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) allegedly broke federal election law by accepting thousands of dollars in illicit donations from a foreign political party which sought to financially influence the results of an American election.
As Rick Perry’s presidential campaign suspended paying staff, Breitbart News has learned that “over ninety percent” of the staff were staying on.
The paperwork to designate Jeb 2016, Inc. as the principal campaign committee for Bush has not yet been filed with the FEC, according to a search of the FEC’s online records performed by Breitbart News on Tuesday afternoon.
“I have to tell you, I’ve looked at this thing that Jeb Bush has created, I don’t know how in the world that’s legal,” campaign finance lawyer Cleta Mitchell tells Breitbart News, referring to his formation of a leadership PAC and Super PAC, but no known “testing the waters” account.
