Press Releases
Charity Founded by U.S. Senate Candidate Roy Moore Violated Tax Law by Promoting Moore’s Candidacy
Sep 21, 2017CLC has requested an immediate investigation by the Internal Revenue Service IRS into an organization run by the wife of Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, which appears to have repeatedly violated the law prohibiting charities from engaging in electoral politics. The group, Foundation for Moral Law, used charitable funds to promote Moore’s Senate candidacy.
CLC Submits FOIA for Records of Lavish Tom Price Private-Jet Expenses
Sep 21, 2017CLC submitted a FOIA Request to HHS to obtain records about Secretary Tom Price’s use of a private jet, which cost taxpayers greater than $60,000 over three days.
Trevor Potter Statement on Facebook's Release of Russia-Sponsored Campaign Ads
Sep 21, 2017Trevor Potter, President of Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and a former Republican Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), released the following statement responding to news reports of Facebook releasing Russia-sponsored campaign advertisements to Congress:
“American voters have a powerful and compelling interest in knowing who is seeking to influence their vote. Facebook agreeing to turn over copies of Russia-linked ads to Senate and House intelligence committees is a step in the right direction, but not nearly far enough. Public disclosure of all information related to these 3,000 advertisements is necessary so that all of us can understand how this occurred, and so we can ensure that policies – both at Facebook and from the government – are in place to ensure this does not happen again."Ethics Office Must Remain Independent of White House
Sep 14, 2017It’s a shame that OGE’s acting Director took us down this road, and it’s an even greater shame that the White House is handling OGE’s media relations on this critical issue, given the importance of OGE remaining independent from the White House and serving as the ethics watchdog for the executive branch, not the White House Counsel’s lapdog.
FEC Nominee Must Commit to the Enforcement of Campaign Finance Law, in Alignment with Agency’s Mission
Sep 13, 2017CLC expects the Senate to ask James Trainor about his commitment to enforcing campaign finance law, as written.
CLC Calls on Facebook to Disclose 2016 Ads Bought by Foreign Entities
Sep 12, 2017CLC is urging Facebook Chairman Mark Zuckerberg to provide the American people and appropriate investigators with more information regarding foreign entities spending money through fake accounts on Facebook ads. The Russian nationals who created and paid for the ads appear to have violated campaign finance law by making prohibited campaign expenditures.
FOIA Response Reveals True Partisan Intent of Pence-Kobach Commission
Sep 12, 2017Today CLC learned through a response to a FOIA Request from Feb. 15, 2017 that an employee with the Heritage Foundation pushed back on naming a single Democrat to the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.
Supermajority of Americans Want Supreme Court to Limit Partisan Gerrymandering
Sep 11, 2017CLC conducted the first-ever bipartisan survey on partisan gerrymandering and the Supreme Court. An overwhelming majority (71 to 15 percent) of Americans want the Supreme Court to place limits on lawmakers' ability to maniuplate voting maps.
Leading Republicans Urge Supreme Court to Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering
Sep 6, 2017Leading Republicans signed onto “friend-of-the-court” briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to set a limit on extreme partisan gerrymandering in the landmark partisan gerrymandering case Gill v. Whitford argued by the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and co-counsel. The case will be heard at the Supreme Court on October 3.
Bi-Partisan Poll on Americans’ Attitudes About Partisan Gerrymandering to be Released Monday, Sept. 11, 2017
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Pollsters Celinda Lake and Ashlee Lee Stephenson will Present Findings at National Press Club
On Monday, September 11, at the National Press Club in Washington DC, Celinda Lake of Lake Research Associates and Ashlee Rich Stephenson of WPAi will release a poll on Americans’ attitudes about partisan gerrymandering.
Coming weeks before the Supreme Court hears arguments in Campaign Legal Center’s blockbuster gerrymandering case Gill v. Whitford, the poll also addresses whether Americans favor court intervention in the increasingly serious matter.