The criminal"dark money" case involving two men with ties to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has raised more questions about how the presence of foreign money in U.S. elections can enable nefarious actors to take advantage of a political system powered by cash.
As foreign actors and governments continue to implement a wide range of tactics to penetrate and hold sway within America's political landscape, these unsealed charges raise questions about the extent to which individuals with foreign allegiances are leveraging political ties to undermine campaign finance safeguards and gain influence, experts said.
Ryan said the advent of Citizens United, which fueled the rise of super PACs, political actions committees that can accept unlimited donations, unlike candidate committees and regular PACs that are limited, is the main reason the two Florida residents may have been able to easily conceal their identities while contributing to super PACs.
The FEC has long faced criticism that it has been unable to act on important matters because of partisanship and frequent deadlocks. Concerns over the Federal Election Commission further intensified last month when one of the four remaining commissioners resigned, leaving the agency one vote short of the quorum required to act on any substantial matter.
Sessions, in a statement on Thursday, stopped short of confirming that he is"Congressman-1" in the indictment, but added that if he is indeed the congressman in question, he would not have any knowledge of the alleged campaign finance scheme.
Lock em up!
Please let us know , schiff, pelosi , Romney, Clinton, the list is long . Be sure you go after hillarys donations supposedly for her foundation but we know they were mixed in with her last presidential try. Ask schiff about the fund raiser from the Ukrainian Igor Pasternak
You guys still haven’t realized that Giuliani was wearing a wire at the lunch that day, lol. Rudy is working with the feds.
Nah. Deep state attack.
The only question this raises is, “Just HOW MUCH money has been funneled to Donald Trump, various of his cabinet suckretaries, and the GOP’s more influential Senators and Representatives?” The effect of this dark money is obvious.
Foreign interests have spent over $530 million influencing US policy, public opinion since 2017 via OpenSecretsDC
Giuliani is a criminal and he is a miserable Trump lawyer...all conartists and liars!
Republicans did this to the U.S.
Well you had years to look at the Clinton foundation and you looked the other way. Now Trump exposes Biden corruption and there you are looking the other way. Lying to Americans daily. ABC is pathetic EnemyOfThePeople
Trump knew these characters quite well ! No one believes you Trump
Castro4Congress Justice Alito owes Obama an apology.
Two words: Citizens United. Biggest sham that allows for laundered money and dark money to be shuffled to the US to meddle with our elections. The court betrayed us. They are more to blame for so much of this than many others.
Y'all act like this originated in 2016😂
Trump crime syndicate
Now do Joe Biden and Obama.
debt of gratitude for how giuliani led the country on that fateful day september eleventh and the dark days that followed
Ironic that the FISA Abuse Report is coming out Friday, and we have heard smears about Trump, Barr, Pompeo, and now Rudy. All this is is another smear in a attempt to take the public eye off the explosive report.
Correct
Maybe Justice Alito will nod this time, instead of shaking his head no, when Obama warned them about Citizens United!
Republicans appear to be receiving the bulk of it.
RudyGiuliani belongs in jail! Enough already!