Investigations
The Trump Foundation’s bad investments
The Trump Foundation was spending on what appeared to be personal items for Trump, which is illegal for a charitable foundation.
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Nearly half of senators up for re-election paid campaign staff from related PACs
Staffers working on the campaigns of nearly half of the 31 senators who faced election last Tuesday also received funds from political action committees connected to the senators.
Investigations
The Trump Foundation-Pam Bondi scandal
In March 2016, CREW discovered that the Trump Foundation had broken the law by giving an illegal $25,000 contribution to a political group supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. This would set off an investigation which would lead to one of the biggest stories of the year. Here’s how it went down.
Investigations
Montana voters win transparency victory against dark money group
Montana voters won an important victory for campaign finance transparency when a federal district court upheld the state’s disclosure laws against a challenge brought by a dark money group.
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Nonprofit aiding Nebraska candidate has ties to his campaign consultant
A nonprofit attacking Kearney city council member Bob Lammers in his fight against businessman John Lowe for an open legislative seat in Nebraska’s 37th district has direct ties to a consulting company employed Lowe’s campaign.
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Nonprofits funding super PACs benefiting Greitens have links behind the scenes
On his way to winning the Republican nomination for Missouri governor this summer, former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens got reinforcements from two federal super PACs.