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Aug 08, 2017

AG Karl Racine Is Being Audited For Excessive Campaign Contributions

The DC Office of Campaign Finance is reviewing multiple instances of excess contributions totaling at least $3,500 during his 2014 campaign.

Jun 24, 2013

Stanley Straughter, Philadelphia Businessman With Ties to Jeff Thompson, Pleads Guilty

A Philadelphia businessman pleaded guilty today to one misdemeanor count of violating campaign finance laws in an expanding federal probe of political donations made to federal and local D.C. lawmakers.

Jun 20, 2013

Another Jeff Thompson Associate Is in Trouble for Alleged Straw Donations

Barely hours after a former employee of alleged straw donation funder Jeff Thompson pleaded guilty to a campaign finance violation, another Thompson associate is charged.

Apr 17, 2013

Wanna Know Where D.C. Candidates Get Their Money? Here’s an Easy Way to Find Out

The Sunlight Foundation has broken down exactly where the candidates in the April 23 D.C. Council At-Large Special Election have gotten their money.

 
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