Campaign contributions articles
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Joint fundraising: A campaign strategy to increase contributions
In the lead-up to the 2024 general election, joint fundraising committees have collected $1 billion in contributions so far.
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Former Congressman Charged With Lying About An Illegal Campaign Contribution
Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has been charged with lying to federal authorities about a foreign billionaire’s illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign, reviving a case that was derailed by an appellate court. A federal jury convicted the Nebraska Republican in 2022, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Fortenberry’s conviction last year, ruling […]
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Trump campaign allegedly took ‘excessive’ contributions by the nickel and dime
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign received a nastygram from the Federal Election Commission again — this time, in the form of a 243-page letter flagging suspected illegal contributions.Trump’s campaign appears to have accepted dozens of donations that exceed federal contribution limits — $3,300 per person to a candidate per election — from supporters who often made miniscule but repeated donations in a bizarre, seemingly random, manner.Take Gail D. Lopez, listed in public documents as a...