California – San Francisco DA Files New Corruption Charges in Probe with FBI San Francisco Standard – Josh Koehn | Published: 8/29/2023 San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins filed multiple felony charges against a former City Hall staffer, Lanita Henriquez, and Rudolph Dwayne Jones, the director of a community grant program for the city, alleging the two conspired to funnel public money into private contracts to enrich themselves. [read post]

National/Federal 2 Nonprofits That Track Money in Politics Are Merging Maryland Matters – Josh Kurtz | Published: 6/3/2021 Watchdogs, journalists, opposition researchers, and the civic minded have relied on data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics to help them keep elected officials and the special interests that seek to influence them accountable. [read post]

National/Federal Another Oath Keeper with Links to Roger Stone Charged in Capitol Riot Politico – Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein | Published: 3/9/2021 A second member of the Oath Keepers militia who provided security to longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone has been charged with storming and breaching the Capitol. [read post]

Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency; Elizabeth Neumann, former assistant secretary of homeland security for counterterrorism and threat prevention; Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League and Brian Michael Jenkins, senior advisor to the president of the RAND Corporation. [read post]