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Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan is asking the Justice Department and Federal Election Commission to investigate the Trump campaign s shell company. If Mr. Kushner s American Made Media Consultants did in fact spend $617 million as reported, he and his associates which include additional Trump family members as well as the Vice President s nephew could face penalties amounting to more than one billion dollars, the Wisconsin congressman wrote in a letter first obtained by Insider.
Pocan joins two other Democratic House members seeking an investigation of the shell company, citing Insider s reporting.
The Trump campaign has said no laws were broken with the use of the shell company.
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A Trump executive order set the stage for Falwell’s political activities
By discouraging investigations of religious organizations, Trump appeared to clear the way for Liberty University to spend millions on his own causes.
Former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., left, encouraged President Donald Trump to oppose the long-standing law banning nonprofits from participating in politics. | Steve Helber/AP Photo
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Former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s decision to spend millions of university dollars on Republican political causes followed an executive order by President Donald Trump directing the IRS to avoid whenever possible investigating religious organizations veering into politics.
Lev Parnas and Rudy Giuliani. (Photo courtesy of Lev Parnas)
MANHATTAN (CN) In the same week it was reported that prosecutors are in talks to obtain Rudy Giuliani’s electronic communications, three Giuliani associates sought to have their federal indictments dismissed on the basis that the evidence against them comes from emails that have attorney-client privilege.
Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, and Andrey Kukushkin were indicted in October 2019, accused of funneling political donations through a limited-liability company and employing straw donors. Southern District of New York prosecutors brought additional counts this fall in a superseding indictment, but attorneys for trio now say both indictments should be dismissed “for a gross violation of the defendants’ attorney-client privilege” arising from an email chain with attorneys and advisers related to their joint cannabis business venture.
GOP activist s voter challenges raise questions in Georgia
by Bill Barrow, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 22, 2020 12:21 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 22, 2020 at 12:28 am EDT
FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, people wait in line on the first day of advance voting for Georgia s Senate runoff election at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Ga. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP, File)
ATLANTA When a conservative organization announced plans this month to launch an election integrity operation in Georgia, the group’s news release included a high-profile name: the chairman of the state’s Republican Party. Less than a week later, the same group announced plans to challenge the eligibility of hundreds of thousands of Georgia voters.
GOP activist s voter challenges raise questions in Georgia
True the Vote and its founder, Catherine Engelbrecht, are drawing fire from liberal counterparts who blast the efforts as coordinated voter suppression. Author: BILL BARROW (Associated Press) Published: 10:57 AM EST December 22, 2020 Updated: 10:57 AM EST December 22, 2020
ATLANTA When a conservative organization announced plans this month to launch an election integrity operation in Georgia, the group’s news release included a high-profile name: the chairman of the state’s Republican Party. Less than a week later, the same group announced plans to challenge the eligibility of hundreds of thousands of Georgia voters.
To Democrats in the state and voting rights advocates, it was verification of what they have long argued that the Georgia GOP is supporting efforts to suppress voting in one of the nation’s newest political battlegrounds. It also raised questions