The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against The Donald J. Trump Foundation and Mr. Donald J. Trump, President, for violating the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. The Donald J. Trump Foundation is a tax-exempt private foundation organized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which […]
ADLF FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST ALAN GRAYSON AND COMMITTEE TO ELECT ALAN GRAYSON The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Representative Alan Grayson, Committee to Elect Alan Grayson, and Dustin Andersen, Treasurer, for violating the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. Recent news reports, statements made by Mr. […]
The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the U.S. Select Committee on Ethics to investigate whether U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley violated Senate ethics rules by supporting the leaking of information from an active FBI investigation. Sen. Grassley is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and in that capacity he is tasked […]
The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Representative Paul Ryan, Congressional Leadership Fund, and Caleb Crosby, its treasurer for violating the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. Rep. Ryan, a federal officeholder and candidate, is controlling an independent expenditure-only committee by hand-selecting and personally offering Mason Fink […]
The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a criminal complaint with the Department of Justice to investigate whether Donald Trump violated federal law by offering Dr. Ben Carson an appointment to his administration in return for supporting his candidacy. It has recently come to light that Mr. Donald Trump may have willfully offered Dr. Ben […]
The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to investigate whether Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) violated Senate rules by using the “@KellyAyotte” Twitter account for both official and campaign purposes. By posting both official and campaign content on the “@KellyAyotte” Twitter account, Senator Ayotte has clearly mislead […]
The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether John Kasich violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and FEC regulations by using official resources for campaign purposes. As early as April 2015, Governor Kasich and New Day for America, an independent expenditure-only political organization, launched […]
The American Democracy Legal Fund has filed a complaint with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to investigate whether Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) violated Senate rules by using official resources for campaign purposes. Sen. Johnson violated the Senate’s prohibition on the use of official resources for campaign or political purposes when he and his campaign […]
