Nearly a decade after his release from prison, having served nearly four years on corruption charges, disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff may be heading back behind bars, this time as the first person ever charged and convicted for criminal violations of the Lobbying Disclosure Act (“LDA”). Yesterday the Justice Department announced
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The D’Souza Case and Big Data
By Robert Kelner on
Posted in Campaign Finance, Enforcement
The recent indictment of conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza is, in many ways, an unremarkable example of a garden variety “straw donor” prosecution. The Department of Justice cranks out a steady stream of them. Even the relatively small dollar amount at issue ($20,000) is not especially unusual. DOJ is aggressive in…
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