Sentences with phrase «former federal election»

Daniel A. Petalas, former Federal Election Commission acting general counsel, said Wednesday that Nix would not have been allowed to provide substantial advice to Trump or his campaign because of his status as a foreigner.

So he invited Trevor Potter, his personal attorney and former Federal Election Commission chairman, on his show to ask whether ColbertPAC could become a reality without incurring legal liability.

A former Federal Election Commission chairman described this figure as «breathtaking».

On «60 Minutes,» former Federal Election Commission chairman Trevor Potter thought that the Edwards case wasn't a strong precedent.

«It's very strong evidence that this was about the election,» said Larry Noble, a former Federal Election Commission lawyer who is now senior director of the non-profit Campaign Legal Center.

New comments by President Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani about a payment to Stormy Daniels place the president at the center of questions about possible campaign - finance violations, two former Federal Election Commission leaders said.

Not exact matches

If it sounds like Edwards still needed to apply FEC rules and limits, consider this: Scott Thomas, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission testified that he did not consider that the payments would have come under his agency's auspices — in part because they were not used directly for the campaign and did not free up any of Edwards» own money to be spent on the campaign.

AUSTRALIANS finds themselves in the peculiar position that whichever party wins the coming federal election, a former party leader has been promised a senior ministerial post.

«WELL, here we are again» were the words former prime minister Paul Keating uttered when announcing the 1996 Federal election he would lose to John Howard.

Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in December to lying to federal agents and is providing cooperation to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and whether the Trump campaign was involved.

The plan laid out on Friday «is not sufficient,» said Larry Noble, a former general counsel and chief ethics officer for the Federal Election Commission.

According to Trevor Potter, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission who also appeared on 60 Minutes, the money may very well constitute «a coordinated, illegal, «in - kind» contribution by Cohen for the purpose of influencing the electionElection Commission who also appeared on 60 Minutes, the money may very well constitute «a coordinated, illegal, «in - kind» contribution by Cohen for the purpose of influencing the electionelection.»

«It actually presents a relatively clean issue for the court,» said Lawrence M. Noble, a former top lawyer at the Federal Election Commission who is now the general counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, a watchdog group.

Ms. Notley's candidacy has received a number of high profile endorsements, including those of fellow NDP MLA Deron Bilous, former NDP MLAs Barrie Chivers, Bob Hawkesworth and Jim Gurnett, former Red Deer mayor Morris Flewwelling (who ran for the PCs in the 1997 federal election), former PC MLA Tom Sindlinger and former Edmonton Public School Board trustee Dave Colburn.

During his speech, I could not help but reflect on the differences between Mr. Mulcair and former leader Jack Layton, who spoke to a raucous crowd in the same room during the 2008 federal election.

Since 2004, Canada has elected two successive minority governments: first, a minority Liberal government, helmed by former Prime Minister Paul Martin, and then the Conservative minority government helmed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper that fell when the Prime Minister asked Canada's Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, to dissolve the last Parliament and Canada's 40th federal election got underway.

Ross Harvey (NDP leader, 1994 to 1996): The former NDP Member of Parliament was selected as leader of the seatless party shortly after he was unseated in the 1993 federal election.

In the months immediately preceding the federal election, former Prime Minister Harper was aggressive.

Now, the Common Cause watchdog group wants the Justice Department, the Federal Election Commission and Congress to investigate a $ 130,000 payment that President Trump's lawyer is alleged to have arranged weeks before the 2016 election for a former porn actress in an attempt to cover up her purported affair witElection Commission and Congress to investigate a $ 130,000 payment that President Trump's lawyer is alleged to have arranged weeks before the 2016 election for a former porn actress in an attempt to cover up her purported affair witelection for a former porn actress in an attempt to cover up her purported affair with Trump.

A federal court has ruled against a former pro-life congressman, Rep. Steve Driehaus (D - Ohio), who sued the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List (SBAL) for defamation that allegedly contributed to his election defeat in 2010.

A battle between Rep. Dan Donovan and his GOP primary opponent, former Rep. Michael Grimm, over the Reform Party line has been referred by the state Board of Elections to federal prosecutors.

Kaminsky won the seat vacated by former Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was also convicted on federal corruption, in a special election last April, defeating McGrath.

Fidler is running in the March 20 special election for the seat vacated by former Sen. Carl Kruger, who was forced to resign when he pleaded guilty last month to felony federal corruption charges.

Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo, was so confident he would be working for his close friend after the 2014 election that he told his mortgage company he was «guaranteed» a job in the administration, federal prosecutors say in a new filing.

MIAMI - Former University of Miami President Donna Shalala is running to replace retiring Rep. Ileana Ros - Lehtinen, according to paperwork filed with the Federal Election Commission.

According to the newspaper, federal agents have already interviewed several of more than two dozen recent hires, including former aides to President Obama, who Cuomo employed shortly after the 2016 elections.

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on the federal government to beef up security as Nigeria heads towards the 2019 general elections.

A former college president and conservative filmmaker has pleaded guilty to one count of making illegal campaign contributions in a federal election.

But Trevor Potter, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission appointed by President George H.W. Bush, told us he doesn't agree.

Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan walloped his Democratic opponent in fundraising for the special election to replace disgraced former Rep. Michael G. Grimm, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Telection to replace disgraced former Rep. Michael G. Grimm, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on TElection Commission on Thursday.

It has been a difficult year for the WFP after its heady success of the 2009 NYC elections, thanks largely to a federal investigation and a protracted legal battle with former Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro.

Former federal government minister Peter Reith has been appointed to conduct a review into the Liberal Party's federal election campaign.

The Wisconsin Republican Party filed a Federal Elections Committee complaint alleging that Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is pushing a recount in the state only to help former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

A diverse group of local governments, environmental protection organizations, business groups, recreational enthusiasts, newspapers and former federal and state government officials and environmental leaders are asking New York State voters to help make the Adirondacks and Catskills safer for residents and visitors alike by voting Yes for Ballot Proposal # 3 — The Public Health and Safety Land Account — this Election Day.

Hanging over state business are both the federal corruption trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for governor.

According to the newspaper, federal agents already have interviewed several of more than two dozen recent hires, including former Obama administration aides whom Cuomo employed shortly after the 2016 elections.

Also, the member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, whose election is being challenged by former member representing the area, Chukwuke Onyema, were also present.

New York Republicans are preparing to file a lawsuit in federal court this week that would force Democratic Gov. David Paterson to call a special election for the seat vacated by former Rep. Eric Massa (D - N.Y.).

According to Federal Election Commission reports, Bush gave $ 2,700 to New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Arizona Sen. John McCain, his former rival for the 2000 GOP presidential nomination.

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, another former UK ambassador to the EU, said No 10 was «plum wrong» to hold the referendum in 2017 — the year of the next French presidential and German federal elections.

Thus, without deciding the issue of whether the interim provisional ballots (or those provisional ballots available under section 115.427.3's exception to the Photo - ID Requirement) are available only for federal or statewide elections and primaries, the Court holds that the transitional provisions of section 115.427.13 must be struck down together with the permanent provisions of SB 1014's Photo - ID Requirement because the former is not severable from the latter.

In fact, whatever else he may achieve in his pursuit of the presidency, the former Louisiana congressman and governor may be remembered as the last presidential candidate to ever receive federal matching funds; the very fact that he is the only candidate seeking and collecting those funds this year prima facie evidence that the public financing system for presidential elections is already functionally dead.

The special election to replace Mr. Kruger took shape when the former state senator pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges and resigned.

There were also special elections yesterday to fill two state legislative seats left vacant by the federal corruption convictions of their former occupants — ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (lower Manhattan) and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (Nassau County, Long Island).

The Federal Department of Labor threw out the challenges made by former PEF President Susan Kent regarding PEF's Triennial Election.

Rose Gill Hearn, chairwoman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board and a former federal prosecutor, plans to step down in December, leaving an opening at the helm of the nonpartisan agency ahead of next year's city elections.

Scott Thomas, a former longtime commissioner on the Federal Election Commission and its onetime chairman, said that federal law was more clear on the requirement that «earmarking» had to originate with a donor or theirFederal Election Commission and its onetime chairman, said that federal law was more clear on the requirement that «earmarking» had to originate with a donor or theirfederal law was more clear on the requirement that «earmarking» had to originate with a donor or their agent.

A footnote in the federal corruption complaint against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos states the Republican during the 2012 election cycle directed Glenwood Management — the real estate industry's biggest user of the LLC loophole — to make $ 100,000 in LLC contributions to the Erie County Republicans, an organization Skelos was believed to have «substantial control» over.

His election opponent, former federal prosecutor and Republican John Katko, wants to tap into the concerns about ACA.

An Ijaw leader and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, on Wednesday described the Bayelsa State governorship election as not only a show of...