campaign finance

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign raised a record-breaking $10 million in the day following his State of the Union speech on Thursday, his team told NBC News.

The Investigative Subcommittee (ISC) report on Rep. George Santos (R-NY) released by the House Ethics Committee Thursday found that the Santos campaign used donations for botox treatments, OnlyFans, and lodging in Atlantic City and Las Vegas. The report states that

Jacksonville, Florida, Mayor Donna Deegan (D) is facing questions after she awarded a no-bid contract worth $300,000 to a firm whose president not only donated to her campaign, but hosted an event for her at his home this year.

House Republicans likely to be in tight races in 2024 hauled in more money on average than their Democrat counterparts in the third quarter.

A watchdog group filed an ethics complaint this week with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) to request an investigation into Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), who recently launched a Senate campaign, for potentially abusing official taxpayer-funded resources for political purposes.

Political interest groups spent more than $2 billion to directly tout their favored candidates and causes during the 2022 campaign.

Facebook (now known as Meta) was fined almost $25 million on Wednesday for intentionally and repeatedly violating Washington State’s campaign finance laws. Attorney General Bob Ferguson claims it is the largest campaign finance penalty ever issued in the United States, but the fine is less than a rounding error for Mark Zuckerberg’s giant, which enjoyed annual profits of $46.7 billion in 2021.

Pennsylvania Republican Jim Bognet, running in the Keystone State’s Eighth Congressional District, slammed his “slippery and corrupt” opponent, Democrat Rep. Matt Cartwright, on Breitbart News Saturday, for taking tens of thousands of dollars from lobbyists and corporate PACs with connections to Saudi Arabia.

Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) has reportedly accepted tens of thousands of dollars of campaign donations from Uyghur labor-linked corporations during his time in Congress.

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) is under fire for stretching ethics rules by receiving more than $475,000 in campaign donations from state officials who were appointed by her disgraced predecessor, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-CA) reelection campaign is continuing its lavish spending patterns, which include foreign trips to Europe and luxury hotels, according to a pre-primary report reviewed by Fox News. 

Democrat Rep. Frank Mrvan’s (D-IN) campaign reportedly spent thousands of dollars on flights and seat upgrades for his wife over the past year, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

The campaign for Georgia Republican Herschel Walker tore into Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) on Thursday following revelations Warnock may have inappropriately used campaign donations to pay for personal legal expenses.

Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell’s congressional campaign reportedly continued his spending habits by racking up nearly $60,000 on travel expenses on trips to Miami Beach, Florida, and Paris, France.

The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision cited First Amendment concerns when striking down a portion of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law in a case brought by Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) 2018 reelection campaign.

A group of federal political action committees affiliated with plaintiff-side trial law firms donated $17.5 million towards left-wing candidates and causes after those firms received lucrative government contracts, according to a recent report by Alliance for Consumers. 

A dark money group aligned with Democrat Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) brought in a record $92 million in dark money from anonymous donors while Schumer blasted Republicans for using dark money.

Democrat Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) used campaign funds to pay her family to manage “personal passwords and calendars.”

An ethics watchdog organization asked the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to investigate Democrat Rep. Marie Newman (D-IL) for allegedly using campaign funds to bribe a possible primary opponent.

A group of eight law firms donated $15 million to Democrat organizations after receiving funds from government contracts, according to a report by Alliance for Consumers.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), after coming out of a massive fundraising year, started this year raking in another $9.5 million Wednesday night at a fundraiser in Washington, DC, according to a report.

Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano repeatedly lied about Breitbart News and questioned the religious faith of a Breitbart reporter in an unhinged interview Wednesday morning then refused to answer any questions about the statements.

A campaign finance watchdog group hit Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) with a fundraising complaint this week alleging the Florida Democrat illegally raised money off of former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s (D) since-failed gubernatorial campaign.

While Americans suffer through economic hardships generated by the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) paid her daughter over $74,000 in campaign funds so far this year.

Ten of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) wealthiest donors are facing ethics complaints from the Michigan Freedom Fund (MFF), which alleges the donors made contributions to Whitmer’s reelection campaign that exceeded the state’s legal limit.

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) held a Martha’s Vineyard fundraiser just one week after the island reported a spike in coronavirus cases following a massive star-studded birthday party former President Barack Obama hosted there.

A Washington Post correction this month revealed former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), who is running for governor again, retains a “minimal investment” in the Carlyle Group after he recently attacked his opponent, Republican Glenn Youngkin, for being associated with Carlyle.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MI) solicited donations to her reflection committee to join an “elite club” and joining policy discussions with special guests such as Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA).

The trial of Nicolas Sarkozy concludes Tuesday in Paris, after a court sought to determine whether he broke laws on campaign financing.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) campaign committee has repeatedly deceived donors by personally promising she would match campaign contributions but has not matched a single cent, according to a report.

Recently unsealed documents show the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into an illegal finance scheme that allegedly funneled money to Sen. Susan Collins’ (R-ME) reelection campaign, according to a report.

Far-left Democrat Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) received over $100 thousand in corporate PAC money after previously objecting to anyone receiving campaign contributions from corporate PACs, according to reports.

Far-left Long Island Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi (NY) gave himself tens of thousands of dollars for “office rent” from his own Congressional campaign committee since last year, a report shows. 

Teachers Union PACs are spiking campaign contributions to Democrat congressional candidates and committees as the Congress debates school reopening and money for education, according to a report.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) noted on Wednesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily how House Democrats’ legislative priorities include a national mandate for mail-in voting, legalization of ballot harvesting, and ending photo-ID requirements for voting.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is severing her financial ties with her husband’s political consulting firm after she reportedly paid nearly $2.8 million towards that firm in the past.