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19 Mar 2021, 4:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Arizona – Arizona Lawmakers Move to Block Private Funds for Elections Arizona Daily Star – Howard Fischer (Capitol News Services) | Published: 3/15/2021 Raising the specter of Mark Zuckerberg influencing who holds office in Arizona, Republican lawmakers moved to block counties from taking money from any private source to help run future elections. [read post]
12 Mar 2021, 3:00 am
The order comes on the 56th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the day that state troopers violently beat hundreds of marchers, including John Lewis, the late civil rights icon who served as a Democratic member of Congress from Georgia, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 11:27 am
On Jan. 5, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien ordered the declassification of the 10-page document, which outlines goals, interests and “lines of effort” to serve American interests in the region. [read post]
14 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm
The Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act was first introduced in 2019. [read post]
7 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm
From the States and Municipalities California – Former Oakland Building Inspector Accused of Bribery Fined $55,000 by Ethics Commission San Jose Mercury News – Annie Sciacca | Published: 1/5/2021 Oakland’s ethics commission fined a former city building permit inspector $55,000 over accusations he violated the government ethics act by accepting bribes and misusing his position. [read post]
24 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm
Lara Trump, the wife of the president’s son Eric, was head of the company, and a nephew of Vice President Mike Pence served as its vice president, Business Insider reported. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm
Judges May Reinstate Foreign Agent Case Against Flynn Partner Politico – Josh Gerstein | Published: 12/12/2020 A federal appeals court panel is signaling it may reinstate criminal charges against a business partner of Michael Flynn over a consulting project Flynn’s firm did for Turkish interests, despite Flynn’s receipt of a pardon from President Trump that absolves the former national security adviser of criminal liability in the matter. [read post]
3 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm
With control of the Senate at stake, and amid renewed concern about the potential for conflicts-of-interest in stock trading by members of Congress, Perdue’s investment activity, and especially his numerous well-timed trades, has increasingly come into the public glare. [read post]
2 Dec 2020, 2:45 am
The Government had argued that Section 1346 should criminalize schemes involving fiduciaries’ undisclosed conflicts of interest, defined as “the taking of official action by [a public official or private] employee that furthers his own undisclosed financial interests while purporting to act in the interests of those to whom he owes a financial duty. [read post]
20 Nov 2020, 3:00 am
Lobbyists and other advisers who help clients navigate Washington are highlighting ties to Biden and his team in pitches to prospective clients, while firms and interest groups that lack such ties are scrambling to secure them. [read post]
6 Nov 2020, 3:00 am
Top FEC Official’s Undisclosed Ties to Trump Raise Concerns Over Agency Neutrality ProPublica – Mike Spies and Jake Pearson | Published: 10/28/2020 Debbie Chacona oversees the division of the FEC that serves as the first line of defense against illegal flows of cash in political campaigns. [read post]
30 Oct 2020, 3:00 am
He has instead presided over a norm-shattering expansion of private interests in government. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 3:00 am
Former Top Trump Fundraiser Elliott Broidy Pleads Guilty to Foreign Lobbying Charge Miami Herald – Ben Wieder | Published: 10/20/2020 Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and, at the time, the Republican National Committee, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to serve as an unregistered foreign agent. [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 6:41 am
OCIE also highlighted inadequate conflicts of interest disclosures, finding that many advisers did not provide investors with sufficient detail regarding conflicts related to allocation of investments among the adviser’s clients and conflicts related to investments in the same portfolio company made by multiple clients of an adviser and co-investments. [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 3:00 am
Sonny Perdue Faces Ethics Questions Over His Business Holdings Politico – Ryan McCrimmon | Published: 10/15/2020 Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue pledged in 2017 to separate himself from his multimillion-dollar business holdings that could pose conflicts-of-interest in his public duties. [read post]
Creating Family (Law): Commentary on Eskridge and Riano’s Marriage Equality: From Outlaws to In-Laws
1 Oct 2020, 6:30 am
Visionary Washington state senator Jamie Pedersen served as the chair of the drafting committee and leading LGBT family law expert and scholar Courtney Joslin served as the reporter. [read post]
25 Sep 2020, 3:00 am
It also concluded his work for Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company then mired in a corruption scandal, while the former vice president was directing American policy toward Kyiv had given the appearance of a conflict-of-interest. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 3:00 am
., Juggling Political Priorities and Pandemic Response New York Times – Laura Jakes and Pransu Verma | Published: 9/13/2020 Political intervention has roiled the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency that prides itself as leading the humanitarian response to disasters, conflict, and other emergencies around the world. [read post]
11 Sep 2020, 3:00 am
The spending includes also cases in which he has a personal stake, including attempts to enforce nondisclosure agreements and protect his business interests. [read post]
14 Aug 2020, 3:00 am
Wolf served as the acting chief of staff at the Transportation Security Administration in 2017 and later became the chief of staff for former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. [read post]
