“The Lincoln Project — a super PAC that ranks among former President Donald Trump’s leading antagonists — lost $35,000 in what it described to federal regulators as ‘fraudulent’ trans...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/24/hackers-stole-from-anti-trump-super-pac/
“In recent weeks, a number of news reports have delved into the legal questions about a super PAC generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in corporate revenue from a popular
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/09/ted-cruz-turns-a-super-pac-into-a-media-company/
Politico: “And outside spending continues to increase dramatically. Across all federal races, super PACs have spent more than $430 million on independent expenditures already this cycle… up f...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/08/super-pacs-teat-limits-of-campaign-finance-law/
Sen. Mike Braun’s (R-IN) Senate campaign “owes the federal government $159,000 for violating campaign finance rules during the 2018 election, among the largest fines in the federal agency’s...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/30/mike-braun-gets-hit-with-campaign-finance-fine/
Ryan Cooper: “The sheer comical excess of the Menendez indictment illustrates how rampant political corruption is in this country. The reason people getting nailed by law enforcement for corrup...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/30/menendezs-quieter-corruption/
“A Pennsylvania man on Thursday pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges following a 2020 Politico investigation into a super PAC that said it was spending millions of dollars in battleground
https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/01/pennsylvania-pleads-guilty-over-phantom-super-pac/
“Tammy Murphy has been talking like a campaign finance reformer, calling the amount of money in politics ‘disgusting,’” Politico reports. “But as New Jersey’s first lady, Murphy spent...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/02/27/tammy-murphy-is-suddenly-opposed-to-dark-money/
“Bipartisan ethics regulators in Wisconsin have recommended felony charges against one of Donald Trump’s fundraising arms and other Republicans in a scheme that they say was meant to circumve...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/02/23/wisconsin-officials-seek-charges-against-trump-fundraising-arm/
Daily Beast: “Campaign donor refunds have been a part of political finances since modern contribution limits were first instituted in 1972. But just over 50 years later, Donald Trump’s politi...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/02/23/trump-campaign-trying-to-get-away-with-donor-loophole/
“The super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. padded its war chest with millions of dollars in contributions from one of the best-known private security executives in the country, Gavin
https://politicalwire.com/2024/02/14/rfk-jr-super-pac-returned-millions-to-donor/
“In a federal election complaint filed on Friday, the Democratic National Committee accused Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a super PAC backing his independent presidential bid of illegally coordinat...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/02/09/dnc-files-federal-election-complaint-against-rfk-jr/
“Herschel Walker is still sitting on a pile of campaign cash, leading many political observers to wonder how he plans to spend that dough,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “The
https://politicalwire.com/2024/02/01/herschel-walker-still-has-a-pile-of-cash-2/
Washington Examiner: “A little-known organization fighting for ‘the interests of progressive voters through public advocacy’ is quietly overseeing an unusual ‘fellowship’ to ensure repe...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/01/24/failed-democratic-candidates-pocket-fellowship-cash/
“A shadowy super PAC behind millions of dollars worth of television ads in Montana is showing voters how rules and regulations set by the Federal Election Commission can sometimes fall
https://politicalwire.com/2024/01/24/how-a-mysterious-super-pac-is-exploiting-fec-rules/
“For years, dark money groups have enjoyed certain advantages that offer donors anonymity — putting the proverbial ‘dark’ in ‘dark money,'” the Daily Beast reports. “But late last m...
https://politicalwire.com/2024/01/11/republicans-are-making-dark-money-even-darker/
“Three allied political action committees funded by leaders of the cryptocurrency industry will be starting 2024 with a combined $78 million as they aim to be key influencers during the
https://politicalwire.com/2023/12/19/crypto-super-pac-network-has-78-million/
Associated Press: “Multiple people familiar with DeSantis’ political network said that he and his wife had expressed concerns about the messaging of Never Back Down, the largest super PAC sup...
https://politicalwire.com/2023/12/12/desantis-team-communicated-with-super-pac/
Los Angeles Times: “As he exits Congress two months after his historic ouster as speaker, political obituaries tout McCarthy’s skills as a prolific fundraiser on behalf of Republican candidat...
https://politicalwire.com/2023/12/07/mccarthy-spends-lavishly-through-his-leadership-pac/
“The Republican presidential primary isn’t over, but the super PACs with the biggest ambitions may have already lost it,” Semafor reports. “It wasn’t surprising that some candidates jum...
https://politicalwire.com/2023/12/05/big-money-super-pacs-keep-blowing-it/
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign accused Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) of misusing the former president’s image and tricking donors in an online fundraising scheme, The Messenger reports.
https://politicalwire.com/2023/12/01/trump-accuses-gop-lawmaker-of-running-scam-pac/