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John James went to Washington to raise cash from the lobbyists of Flock, the license-plate camera company that towns across Michigan are shutting down over privacy concerns.
Courts ruled at least four times that Gov. Sarah Sanders couldn't take control of Arkansas prisons away from the Board of Corrections. So she replaced the board members who sued her, and her new majority signed a deal declaring the laws constitutional. A judge threw it out.
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Victoria Spartz's campaign cut a $30,000 check to her husband for so-called "rent" — "back rent," she claimed, for months her own past filings had already told regulators were donated for free.
Four days before a montage of Donald Trump set to a song called 'Love Me' started airing, the White House budget office sent Customs and Border Protection $20 million for 'OBBBA commemorative events.' The next day, CBP handed the same amount to an ad agency. Federal law bans spending public funds on propaganda.
The joint fundraising PAC behind Marsha Blackburn's campaign for governor sends donor emails with subjects like 'CORRECTION REQUIRED' and 'Notice of Rescindment,' warning of 'permanent' changes to a 'Voter Profile' and 'MAGA loyalty file.' The same week, the Senate passed an anti-scam bill she championed.
Signs paid for by Turning Point's PAC claim 'Democrats for Biggs.' The Arizona Republic found no such group, Biggs couldn't name a Democrat who supports him, the signs drew at least four complaints to the state, and Turning Point staffers posted faked photos of a Democratic lawmaker posing with the signs.
When the president's son was Hunter Biden, Tom Emmer said nobody was above the law and a 'private citizen' was no excuse. When a Republican senator asked to look at a Putin-tied oligarch paying for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding party, Emmer called it a hoax.
In 2006, when House leaders were accused of ignoring warnings about Rep. Mark Foley and teenage pages, Bobby Charles wrote an op-ed defending Speaker Dennis Hastert's 'commitment to education and kids.' Hastert later admitted abusing boys he coached. Asked about it, Charles's campaign didn't address the op-ed.
At least a dozen people who worked for Bill Huizenga were or became lobbyists — including his chief of staff of 11 years, now lobbying for Travelers, and two deputy chiefs of staff now lobbying for Vanguard and TransUnion. All three companies answer to the committee Huizenga helps run.